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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 17, 20144 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2014, 12:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 17, 2014, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

529 
WUUS53 KMKX 170541
SVRMKX
WIC021-025-027-055-170645-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0049.140617T0541Z-140617T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1241 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  WESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1241 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  DEERFIELD...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUN PRAIRIE...WATERTOWN...BEAVER DAM...LAKE MILLS...COLUMBUS...
  MARSHALL...HORICON...WATERLOO...JUNEAU...COTTAGE GROVE...JOHNSON
  CREEK...DEERFIELD...FALL RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...BURNETT...MILFORD...
  REESEVILLE...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN AND LOWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4312 8863 4297 8918 4336 8920 4358 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 243DEG 31KT 4308 8911 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

DAVIS
3 follow-up statements
440 
WWUS53 KMKX 170558
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1258 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

WIC021-025-027-055-170645-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140617T0645Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-DODGE WI-COLUMBIA WI-
1258 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN DANE...WESTERN DODGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 1258 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERLOO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUN PRAIRIE...WATERTOWN...BEAVER DAM...LAKE MILLS...COLUMBUS...
MARSHALL...HORICON...WATERLOO...JUNEAU...COTTAGE GROVE...JOHNSON
CREEK...DEERFIELD...FALL RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...BURNETT...MILFORD...
REESEVILLE...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN AND LOWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4312 8863 4297 8918 4336 8920 4358 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 238DEG 27KT 4325 8895 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

HENTZ
432 
WWUS53 KMKX 170622
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
122 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

WIC021-025-170630-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140617T0645Z/
DANE WI-COLUMBIA WI-

122 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DANE AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4312 8863 4312 8901 4344 8900 4358 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 243DEG 31KT 4334 8871 

$$

WIC027-055-170645-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140617T0645Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DODGE WI-
122 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 120 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR 
JUNEAU TO WATERTOWN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...BEAVER DAM...HORICON...WATERLOO...JUNEAU...BURNETT...
REESEVILLE...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN...LOWELL...SOUTH BEAVER DAM...
HUBBLETON...DANVILLE...MINNESOTA JUNCTION...PIPERSVILLE AND LEIPSIG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4312 8863 4312 8901 4344 8900 4358 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 243DEG 31KT 4334 8871 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

REM
854 
WWUS53 KMKX 170637
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
137 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

WIC027-055-170645-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140617T0645Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DODGE WI-
137 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND WESTERN
DODGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS EXITING THE 
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4312 8863 4312 8901 4344 8900 4358 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 243DEG 31KT 4334 8871 

$$

REM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk61 min
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk61 min
Jun 16, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette62 min
Jun 16, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk52 min
Jun 16, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Washington56 min
Jun 16, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk66 min
Jun 16, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette54 min
Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake24 min
Jun 16, 11:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane24 min
Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock40 min
Jun 17, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane48 min
Jun 17, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane25 min
Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 17, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock42 min
Jun 17, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth35 min
Jun 17, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha23 min
Jun 17, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX33 min
Jun 17, 6:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha20 min
Jun 17, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette and 2 more31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.