Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 19 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 7:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montello, WI | 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCH BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jul 7, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montello, WI | MARQUETTE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY. ESTIMATED TIME OF EVENT 630 PM TO 710 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WUUS53 KMKX 072355
SVRMKX
WIC047-077-080030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0077.140707T2355Z-140708T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
655 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 655 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON TO NEAR MONTELLO TO 6
MILES NORTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING EAST 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...
BERLIN...MONTELLO...MARKESAN...PRINCETON...GREEN LAKE...
MANCHESTER...ENDEAVOR...NESHKORO...KINGSTON...MARQUETTE...GLEN OAK
AND DALTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4398 8889 4363 8889 4363 8913 4364 8913
4364 8955 4379 8938 4398 8928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 277DEG 31KT 4395 8920 4378 8929 4364 8951
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HENTZ2 follow-up statements
696
WWUS53 KMKX 080007
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
707 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
WIC047-077-080030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140708T0030Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-MARQUETTE WI-
707 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR GREEN LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTIES...
AT 706 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF REDGRANITE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PRINCETON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARDEEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
MARQUETTE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREE DAMAGE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS IN MONTELLO AROUND 7 PM CDT.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERLIN...MARKESAN...PRINCETON...GREEN LAKE...MANCHESTER...KINGSTON...
MARQUETTE AND DALTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 8940 4377 8926 4398 8915 4398 8889
4363 8889 4363 8913 4364 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 276DEG 31KT 4394 8910 4377 8919 4361 8937
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MBK864
WWUS53 KMKX 080014
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
714 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
WIC047-077-080024-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140708T0030Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-MARQUETTE WI-
714 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MARQUETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4364 8940 4377 8926 4398 8915 4398 8889
4363 8889 4363 8913 4364 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 277DEG 31KT 4393 8902 4376 8911 4360 8929
$$
MBKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 319 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM. MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS. DRIER AIR HAS ARRIVED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THAT SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF WI LATE LAST NIGHT. AXIS OF HIGHER MLCAPE HAS TAKEN SHAPE ACRS PARTS OF NRN WI AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROUGH AND ALSO FROM IA INTO SRN MN WITH BETTER RETURN FLOW THERE. STORMS FIRING FROM NW WI INTO EC MN. THESE ARE TRENDING ESE THOUGH AIRMASS MORE STABLE IN SRN WI. LATEST HRRR SHOWS AXIS OF ONGOING ACTIVITY DROPPING INTO SW WI AS THE EVENING GOES ON WITH STRONGER CELLS STAYING JUST NW OR W OF CWA WITH WEAKER SHOWERS/ISOLD TSRA SPREADING INTO SRN WI. HOWEVER VERY IMPRESSIVE JET PATTERN TAKES SHAPE AS THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PROGRESS. 12Z NAM SHOWS A NEARLY COUPLED JET STRUCTURE EVOLVING WITH MASSIVE DIVERGENCE. SO FAVORABLE UPPER JET STREAM WILL CERTAINLY BE A FACTOR. 500 MILLIBAR SHORTWAVE WILL BE APPROACHING WITH DIFFERENTIAL CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION. THERE WILL BE SOME RECOVERY IN MOISTURE WITH RENEWED 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTHWEST 850 JET ARRIVING TOWARDS 06Z. BETTER CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL PROGGD TO AFFECT SRN WI IN THE 02-11Z TIME FRAME. GFS SHOWS 0-6 KM SHEAR 50 KNOTS PLUS BY 06Z. SSEO SHOWS BETTER UPDRAFT HELICITY FURTHER WEST THEN DECREASING INTO THE CWA. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS NOT SHOWING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CAPE COMING INTO PLAY BUT THERE WILL BE A RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM SO EXPECT THE BEST OVERLAP OF FORCING/THERMODYNAMICS TO BE IN SC WI CLOSER TO SWODY1 AREA OF CONCERN. THE LATEST HRRR IS CERTAINLY A WEAKER SOLUTION THAN THE 12Z NMM AND 12Z ARW. ALL OF THE SHRA/TSRA WILL LIKELY EXIT SE WI AROUND 12Z PLUS OR MINUS AN HOUR. TUESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM. STRONGLY CYCLONIC FLOW WILL PERSIST. SO THIS WILL LIKELY SET UP SOME PRETTY DECENT LAPSE RATES RESULTING IN MORE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE PLACED IN THE NE CWA. 925 TEMPS DROP INTO THE TEENS IN THE WAKE OF THIS LATEST FRONT. SO HIGHS WILL DROP BACK INTO THE 70S. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE NRN GREAT LAKES FOR TUE NT AND WED AM. THIS MAY ALLOW ISOLD TO SCT INSTABILITY SHOWERS TO CONTINUE FROM TUE AFTERNOON INTO TUE NT OVER EAST CENTRAL WI. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE MOVING AWAY FOR WED WITH HEIGHT RISES. THERE WILL REMAIN ENOUGH COLD AIR ALOFT FOR SCT-BKN CUMULUS WITH POSSIBLY SOME SPRINKLES OVER EAST CENTRAL WI. HIGH PRESSURE TO THEN PREVAIL WED NT INTO THU AM. SLY WINDS TO THEN DEVELOP THU AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING OCCURS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH FROM THE NRN PLAINS. TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL BUT PLEASANT. PWS TO REMAIN BELOW ONE INCH WITH VERY COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM. THERE WILL BE GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ESEWD ACROSS THE STATE WITH SLY WINDS AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT AHEAD OF IT. MUCH UNCERTAINTY FOR THE WEEKEND WITH QUASI-ZONAL FLOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A W-E STATIONARY FRONT OVER SRN WI OR NEARBY ON SOME OF THE MODELS. THE UNCERTAINTY WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THE DEGREE OF SOUTHWARD DIGGING OF A CANADIAN POLAR TROUGH. WENT WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY WITH TEMPS AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...VFR INTO THIS EVENING WITH JUST A FEW CU AND SOME INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS FROM MN/IA. LOOKING AT A 02-11Z AS THE GENERAL WINDOW FOR STORMS...STARTING IN THE WEST AT 02-04Z AND WRAPPING UP AT THE 11Z TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. UPPER JET WILL BE A FACTOR SO STORMS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE TO THE EAST DESPITE GETTING INTO THE DIURNALLY LESS FAVORABLE TIMEFRAME. ANY LOWER CIGS AND VSBYS EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AS STORMS WILL BE MOVING ALONG WITH THE STRONGER FLOW UPSTAIRS. SLIGHT RISK WAS EXPANDED A BIT FURTHER EAST INTO SC WI SO KMSN MORE VULNERABLE TO A SVR STORM THAN THE EASTERN TAF SITES. UPPER FLOW REMAINS CYCLONIC ON TUESDAY SO CHCY POPS FOR SHRA/TSRA. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...NONE. && TONIGHT/TUESDAY AND AVIATION/MARINE...COLLAR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...GEHRING
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 526 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-082230- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 526 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD AND THROUGH THE REGION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BERLIN TO MADISON TO MONROE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY...WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND AS SEVERAL TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-082230- 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- 526 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD AND THROUGH THE REGION. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY...WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY...AS SEVERAL TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 40 min |
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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.