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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 24, 2012Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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: Jul 24, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2012, 5:40 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 24, 5:21 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Walworth, WI	POWER POLE DOWN IN WALWORTH TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 24, 5:23 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Lake Geneva, WI	ONE TREE DOWN AT SNAKE ROAD AND GENEVA BAY DRIVE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

839 
WUUS53 KMKX 241000
SVRMKX
WIC127-241045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0057.120724T1000Z-120724T1045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
500 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 457 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM WHITEWATER TO BELOIT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PENNY SIZE
  HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

  BETWEEN 430 AM CDT AND 5 AM CDT...THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED     
  MULTIPLE TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN IN WESTERN ROCK COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITEWATER...DELAVAN LAKE...ELKHORN...EAST TROY...WILLIAMS BAY...
  LAKE GENEVA...DARIEN...WALWORTH...FONTANA-ON-GENEVA LAKE...COMO...
  PELL LAKE...GENOA CITY...RICHMOND...LA GRANGE...MILLARD...ALLENS
  GROVE...TIBBETS...DELAVAN...ABELLS CORNERS AND TROY CENTER.

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 4251 8877 4284 8878 4282 8832 4249 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 280DEG 40KT 4282 8877 4254 8906
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$
MBK

3 follow-up statements

324 
WWUS53 KMKX 241016
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
516 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

WIC127-241045-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120724T1045Z/
WALWORTH WI-
516 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALWORTH
COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM CDT...

AT 511 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES WEST OF EAST TROY TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMS BAY...LAKE GENEVA...WALWORTH...COMO...FONTANA-ON-GENEVA
  LAKE...PELL LAKE...GENOA CITY...FONTANA...SPRING PRAIRIE AND
  SPRINGFIELD.

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 4251 8877 4284 8878 4282 8832 4249 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 280DEG 40KT 4279 8843 4247 8880
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$
MBK

142 
WWUS53 KMKX 241030
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
530 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

WIC127-241045-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120724T1045Z/
WALWORTH WI-
530 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WALWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM CDT...

AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ROCHESTER TO HARVARD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL
MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PELL LAKE AND GENOA CITY.

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 4251 8877 4273 8853 4283 8847 4282 8832
      4249 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 283DEG 45KT 4274 8818 4242 8856
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$
MBK

366 
WWUS53 KMKX 241040
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
540 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

WIC127-241050-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120724T1045Z/
WALWORTH WI-
540 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WALWORTH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND 
SLIDE SOUTH INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 

LAT...LON 4251 8877 4273 8853 4283 8847 4282 8832
      4249 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 280DEG 40KT 4274 8807 4242 8844

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk	61 min
Jul 24, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	38 min
Jul 24, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	42 min
Jul 24, 9:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	36 hr
Jul 24, 2:44 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		31 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.