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Special Marine Warning 52, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 19, 2012

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special marine warning at Aug 19, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Aug 19, 12:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 12:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
124 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

WIZ066-071-191900-
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-
124 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MILWAUKEE
COUNTY...

AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BY 130 PM CDT...
  MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE AND UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS BY 135 PM CDT...
  ST. FRANCIS AND MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 150 PM CDT...
  CUDAHY BY 155 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

WOOD

Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:47 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
247 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SHEBOYGAN               43.75N 87.72W
08/19/2012  M0.71 INCH       SHEBOYGAN          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN, 0.71 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL ABOUT
            1/8INCH.

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ET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		91 min
Aug 19, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		113 min
Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		93 min
Aug 19, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	44 min
Aug 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		101 min

Nearby

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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.