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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 20125 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 5:39 PM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2012, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 51	Whitewater, WI	WWATR
May 28, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	Watertown Airport, WI
May 28, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI	WESTERLY WIND GUST WITH GUST FRONT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

731 
WUUS53 KMKX 282239
SVRMKX
WIC025-027-055-105-127-282330-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0036.120528T2239Z-120528T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
539 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  COLUMBUS TO DEERFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF STOUGHTON TO ALBANY...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERLOO...EDGERTON...LAKE MILLS...JEFFERSON...FORT ATKINSON...
  WATERTOWN...MILTON...WHITEWATER...CAMBRIDGE...LAKE RIPLEY...JOHNSON
  CREEK...WATERTOWN AIRPORT...HUSTISFORD...PALMYRA...ROCKDALE...
  ALBION...BUSSEYVILLE...FULTON...HUBBLETON AND REESEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4269 8925 4284 8915 4312 8907 4311 8919
      4328 8920 4328 8901 4342 8840 4320 8842
      4319 8854 4284 8853 4282 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 257DEG 35KT 4328 8903 4307 8905
          4285 8915 4274 8936
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WIMBERLEY

2 follow-up statements

804 
WWUS53 KMKX 282256
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
556 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

WIC025-027-055-105-127-282330-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120528T2330Z/
DANE WI-DODGE WI-JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-ROCK WI-
556 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ROCK...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH...JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN DODGE AND EASTERN
DANE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS TO 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF DEERFIELD TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDGERTON TO
EVANSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED IN STOUGHTON 
WHEN THE LINE MOVED THROUGH.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE MILLS...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...WATERTOWN...MILTON...
  WHITEWATER...JOHNSON CREEK...HUSTISFORD...WATERTOWN AIRPORT...
  PALMYRA...HUBBLETON...INDIANFORD...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN...MILFORD...
  HELENVILLE...LEBANON...WOODLAND...HEBRON AND PIPERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4274 8921 4284 8915 4312 8907 4321 8909
      4328 8901 4342 8840 4320 8842 4319 8854
      4284 8853 4282 8856 4273 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 257DEG 35KT 4331 8882 4311 8896
          4290 8896 4278 8917
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

CRAVEN

081 
WWUS53 KMKX 282310
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
610 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

WIC025-027-055-105-127-282330-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120528T2330Z/
DANE WI-DODGE WI-JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-ROCK WI-
610 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ROCK...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH...JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN DODGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUSTISFORD TO WATERTOWN AIRPORT
TO FORT ATKINSON TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOOTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL 
SIZE IN THE PAST HOUR OR TWO.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILTON...WHITEWATER...PALMYRA...LEBANON...HELENVILLE...
  PIPERSVILLE...WOODLAND...ROME...NEOSHO...IXONIA...HEBRON...
  SULLIVAN...RUBICON...ASHIPPUN AND NWS SULLIVAN/MILWAUKEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4274 8921 4284 8915 4308 8893 4320 8896
      4331 8888 4342 8840 4320 8842 4319 8854
      4284 8853 4282 8856 4273 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 257DEG 35KT 4336 8861 4314 8873
          4295 8875 4275 8913
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	32 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	38 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake	42 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	51 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	60 min
May 28, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	55 min
May 28, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		117 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha	52 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	48 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		91 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		2 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.