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Special Marine Warning 53, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 19, 2012

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special marine warning at Aug 19, 2012, 3:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 93 min. 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, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
93 min
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, 3:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:41 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
341 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-201000-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
341 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. LOCALLY
DENSE FOG POSSIBLE WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOCALLY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM
MONTELLO TO THE DELLS TO BARABOO TO DARLINGTON. CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON LOOKOUT FOR WATERSPOUTS.

LMZ643>646-201000-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
341 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT MONDAY MORNING.
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

KAPELA/WOOD

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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, 1 hour 10 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX91 min
Aug 19, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX113 min
Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Aug 19, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee44 min
Aug 19, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX101 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.