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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 26, 2012Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 12:41 AM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 26, 2012, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Fond du Lac County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 1:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGFond Du Lac, WITWO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2643 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
16.9

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The text

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

872 
WUUS53 KMKX 260541
SVRMKX
WIC039-260630-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0067.120726T0541Z-120726T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1241 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NORTH FOND DU LAC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4394 8818 4370 8842 4379 8864 4390 8856
      4390 8841 4393 8841 4394 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 212DEG 25KT 4383 8846
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

WOOD
1 follow-up statement
134 
WWUS53 KMKX 260623
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
123 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

WIC039-260633-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120726T0630Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-
123 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FOND DU LAC
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED TO NORTHEAST FOND DU 
LAC COUNTY AND NORTHWEST SHEBOYGAN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4394 8818 4370 8842 4379 8864 4390 8856
      4390 8841 4393 8841 4394 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 212DEG 25KT 4408 8824

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX64 min
Jul 25, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa26 min
Jul 25, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette32 min
Jul 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette40 min
Jul 25, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette51 min
Jul 25, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Washington21 min
Jul 25, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk38 min
Jul 26, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac30 min
Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Rock35 min
Jul 26, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha70 min
Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Rock37 min
Jul 26, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan32 min
Jul 26, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX96 min
Jul 26, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and 4 more64 min
Jul 26, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX85 min
Jul 26, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan28 min
Jul 26, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Washington34 min
Jul 26, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX72 min
Jul 26, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jul 26, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX44 min

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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.