Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Apr 11, 2013, 12:40 AM CDT for 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 3:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:10 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Madison Capitol Square, WI | MESONET SITE KC9RBX. WINDS DUE TO WAKE LOW. |
| Apr 11, 1:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Watertown, WI | |
| Apr 11, 1:40 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | DUE TO WAKE LOW |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323 WWUS73 KMKX 110540 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1240 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN WAKE OF THE RAIN... .A WAKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS FORMED IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING RAIN AREA. THESE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS RESULT IN A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WIND AND CAN LAST FOR A FEW HOURS. MINERAL POINT IN IOWA COUNTY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 59 MPH AT 1215 AM. THESE CAN BE RATHER UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS...BUT WE EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO SPREAD EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN SUBSIDE AS THE RAIN AREA MOVES FARTHER TO THE EAST. WIZ059-060-062>072-111200- /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0001.130411T0540Z-130411T1200Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1240 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING RAIN. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TROUBLE IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT OBJECTS NOT SECURED WILL BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
650 WWUS73 KMKX 110749 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 249 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...STRONG WINDS PUSHING EAST AND DIMINISHING... .A WAKE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS FORMED BEHIND THE DEPARTING AREA OF RAIN. THESE TYPES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS RESULT IN A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND AND CAN LAST FOR A FEW HOURS. MANY SITES GUSTED TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS THERE ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE...THEREFORE THE WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED THERE. THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL THESE WINDS SUBSIDE. FOR THE MOST PART...THE WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST ARE JUST BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...MORE LIKE WIND ADVISORY. HOWEVER...OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION...WE WILL NOT CANCEL THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE SOUTHEAST AT THIS TIME... BUT...THE EXPIRATION HAS BEEN PULLED BACK TO 5 AM. WIZ062>064-067>069-110900- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 249 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ WIZ059-060-065-066-070>072-111000- /O.EXT.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130411T1000Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 249 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING RAIN. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TROUBLE IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT OBJECTS NOT SECURED WILL BLOW AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
169 WWUS73 KMKX 110834 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 334 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 WIZ059-060-065-066-070>072-110945- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130411T1000Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 334 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAKE LOW THAT MOVED THROUGH OVERNIGHT HAVE LOST THEIR INTENSITY. WE STILL HAVE WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...BUT THEY WILL ALSO SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GENERALLY SPEAKING...WINDS GUSTED TO 50 TO 60 MPH WEST OF MADISON AND 40 TO 50 MPH EAST OF MADISON AS THE WAKE LOW EVENT MOVED THROUGH. $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDT | Ice Storm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 118 min | |
| Apr 11, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 35 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 20 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.