Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2014, 3:42 AM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 8:18 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. 8 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:18 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 8:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 31 | Juneau Dodge Airport, WI | HIGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 27 KNOTS WITH A GUST TO 35 KNOTS. |
| Feb 20, 8:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Racine Batten Airport, WI | WIND GUST OF 44 KNOTS. |
| Feb 20, 8:39 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Kenosha, WI | 47 KNOT WIND GUST. |
| Feb 20, 8:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | Milwaukee Timmerman Air, WI | 40 KNOT WIND GUST WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 27 KNOTS OR 31 MPH. |
| Feb 20, 8:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Kenosha Airport, WI | 45 KNOT WIND GUST. |
| Feb 20, 9:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Horicon, WI | FROM RAWS. |
| Feb 20, 9:12 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 38 | Madison Truax Airport, WI | SUSTAINED WIND OF 23 MPH |
| Feb 20, 9:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Sheboygan Airport, WI | 39 KNOT WIND GUST WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 KNOTS OR 36 MPH. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
538 WWUS73 KMKX 200942 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 342 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 55 MPH. HENCE A HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING POSTED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF MADISON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...MOSTLY UP TO AN INCH. WIZ051-052-057>060-062>072-201745- /O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.140221T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0001.140221T0300Z-140221T1500Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 342 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-201745- /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0001.140221T0300Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 342 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ DAVIS
4 follow-up statements
274 WWUS73 KMKX 201612 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1012 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF MADISON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT... MOSTLY UP TO AN INCH. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-210015- /O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0001.140221T0300Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1012 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 58 ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT SHEBOYGAN. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$
666 WWUS73 KMKX 202127 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-210530- /O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0001.140221T0300Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 327 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ DDV
950 WWUS73 KMKX 210218 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 818 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRONG WINDS LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-211030- /O.EXT.KMKX.HW.W.0001.140221T0218Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 818 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY BY LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO AREAS OF FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MBK
890 WWUS73 KMKX 210630 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1230 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE VERY STRONG...BUT NOT REACHING HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE WE WILL DOWNGRADE THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO A WIND ADVISORY AND CONTINUE IT INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-211430- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.140221T0630Z-140221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1230 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH BY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 8:50 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Iowa and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:05 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:25 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:25 PM CST | Storm Warning | MKX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 20, 5:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 24 min |
| Feb 20, 5:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 19 min |
| Feb 20, 5:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 13 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Wisconsin, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.