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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 12, 2014Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Columbia County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 12, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 533 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

001 
WUUS53 KMKX 130329
SVRMKX
WIC021-130415-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0013.140413T0329Z-140413T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1029 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POYNETTE...
  OR 8 MILES EAST OF LAKE WISCONSIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIO AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  FALL RIVER AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
  COLUMBUS AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
  RANDOLPH AND CAMBRIA AROUND 1115 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ARLINGTON...OTSEGO AND DOYLESTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4359 8901 4331 8901 4328 8916 4328 8936
      4329 8937 4329 8941 4330 8951 4334 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 247DEG 23KT 4333 8941 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

WOOD

3 follow-up statements

020 
WWUS53 KMKX 130344
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1044 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

WIC021-130415-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140413T0415Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
1044 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...

AT 1044 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIO...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF WINDSOR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIO AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  FALL RIVER AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
  COLUMBUS AROUND 1110 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ARLINGTON...OTSEGO AND DOYLESTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4359 8901 4331 8901 4328 8916 4328 8936
      4329 8937 4329 8941 4330 8951 4334 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 253DEG 23KT 4337 8927 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

CRAVEN

885 
WWUS53 KMKX 130401
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1101 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

WIC021-130415-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140413T0415Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
1101 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...

AT 1101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FALL RIVER...
OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FALL RIVER AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
  COLUMBUS AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
  RANDOLPH AROUND 1115 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DOYLESTOWN AND OTSEGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4359 8901 4331 8901 4332 8914 4335 8926
      4343 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 247DEG 23KT 4341 8913 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

CRAVEN

407 
WWUS53 KMKX 130412
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1112 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

WIC021-130421-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140413T0415Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
1112 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4359 8901 4331 8901 4332 8914 4335 8926
      4343 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 247DEG 23KT 4341 8913 

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	45 min
Apr 12, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	42 min
Apr 12, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		93 min
Apr 12, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	18 min
Apr 12, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	35 min
Apr 12, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Waukesha	27 min
Apr 12, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	3 hr
Apr 12, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	42 min
Apr 12, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Waukesha	41 min
Apr 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	30 min
Apr 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Washington	40 min
Apr 12, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Sauk	41 min
Apr 12, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dodge, Green Lake	51 min
Apr 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		94 min
Apr 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	19 min
Apr 12, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Washington	55 min
Apr 12, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	64 min
Apr 12, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	38 min
Apr 12, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	3 hr
Apr 12, 10:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Ozaukee, Washington	3 hr
Apr 12, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	34 min
Apr 12, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	30 min
Apr 12, 11:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Iowa, Sauk	3 hr
Apr 12, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge	3 hr
Apr 12, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	25 min
Apr 12, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		92 min
Apr 12, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dodge	38 min
Apr 13, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	43 min
Apr 13, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	39 min
Apr 13, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	42 min
Apr 13, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dodge	26 min
Apr 13, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dodge	31 min
Apr 13, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	26 min
Apr 13, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	27 min
Apr 13, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Walworth	55 min
Apr 13, 2:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth	43 min
Apr 13, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		84 min
Apr 13, 3:09 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		25 hr
Apr 13, 3:25 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	24 hr
Apr 13, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine	15 min
Apr 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Kenosha	6 days
Apr 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	5 days
Apr 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	56 hr
Apr 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	3 days
Apr 13, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	67 hr
Apr 13, 12:17 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		8 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.