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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2015, 10:37 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 338 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
- 733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 839 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 .UPDATE... SHOWERS HAVE BEEN EXPANDING OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES IN. THE FRONT HAS REACHED THE WISCONSIN DELLS AT 8 PM THIS EVENING...AND WILL ARRIVE IN MADISON BY 10 PM AND MILWAUKEE ABOUT 1 AM. NONE OF THIS STUFF HAS HAD LIGHTNING AT THIS POINT...BUT IT CAN/T BE RULED OUT AS WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH CAPE OUT THERE TO SUPPORT IT IF IT CAN GET ORGANIZED. HOWEVER...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE NIL AND THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS VERY POOR. THE BEST SUPPORT IS ALL IN THE LOWER LEVELS WHERE THE 0-1KM SHEAR IS DECENT. THE LOW LEVELS ARE SATURATED AND LEADING TO SOME LOW LCL HEIGHTS. WE/RE GETTING SOME SCARY LOOKING CLOUDS AND ONE DID RESULT IN A CITIZEN REPORT OF A FUNNEL EARLIER THIS EVENING UP IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. A SPOTTER PIC CAME IN AND CONFIRMED IT WAS JUST A SATURATING UPDRAFT. THE HRRR AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THE RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF MADISON BY 10 PM AND MILWAUKEE BY 3-4AM TONIGHT. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES...WOULD EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO DUMP SOME QUICK HEAVY RAIN. AS STATED IN AN SPS EARLIER...THERE IS AN AREA OF SMOKE POOLING IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AND IS LIKELY MAKING IT TO THE GROUND IN THE POST FRONTAL SUBSIDENCE. A PARTICULATE FORECAST MODEL SUGGESTS THIS WILL CLEAR OUT AROUND A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. && .AVIATION/06Z TAFS/... LOOK FOR MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FOR A TIME TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TAF SITES...IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH KMSN BY 03Z THIS EVENING AND KMKE/KUES/KENW BY 06-07Z TUE. THE COOL NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE AREA TO BRING THESE LOWER OPERATING CONDITIONS. CIGS WILL LIFT BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z TUE MORNING. THEN LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015/ REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM SURFACE LOW VCNTY CNTRL WI WITH VERY MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS THE CWA. MOIST ADVECTION AND LEAD SHORTWAVE DEVELOPED NUMEROUS SHRA AND A FEW TSRA. CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN PLENTIFUL AND HAS SEVERELY REDUCED GENERATING THE NECESSARY CAPE FOR SVR TSRA. PRIMARY SHORTWAVE AND LOW LEVEL FRONTAL CONVERGENCE STILL LIES UPSTREAM AND ANY HEATING COULD STILL GENERATE A STRONGER STORM OR TWO. TRENDS IN VSBL IMAGERY SHOWS WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND EXPECT THE NEXT ROUND WITH THE UPPER WAVE AND FRONT TO REMAIN BLO SVR LEVELS. DUE TO THE COPIOUS MOISTURE IN PLACE THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF DOWNPOURS. PRECIP CHANCES WILL WIND DOWN LATER IN THE NIGHT WITH FROPA EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT...SO TRIMMED BACKS FROM NW TO SE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. NORTH WINDS WILL START THE COOLING/DRYING TREND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. TUESDAY - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS DOMINATES IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTED COLD FRONT. LOW LEVEL THERMAL TROUGH WILL BE IN PLACE. ANY LINGERING MORNING STRATUS SHOULD MIX OUT A BIT INTO MORE OF A CU FIELD. 925 TEMPS IN THE 12-14C RANGE WILL YIELD HIGHS IN THE 60S IN THE EAST WITH ADDED COOLING FROM NE WINDS AND LOWER 70S AT MORE INLAND LOCALES. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE - MEDIUM. ZONAL FLOW AND NEARBY HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN QUIET AND COOLER CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SITUATED TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL MS VALLEY REGION. WEAK PIECES OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY GETTING EJECTED E-NE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE TRAVELING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WED AND THU. ONE OF THESE PIECES MAY CLIP SRN WI LATE WED/WED NGT. FOR NOW FARTHER NORTH NAM SOLUTION REMAINS OUTLIER BUT HI RES ECMWF ALSO TRENDING NORTH WITH MID-LEVEL WAVE...MORE ACROSS NRN IL. COLUMN INITIALLY QUITE DRY. GFS MUCH WEAKER AND DRIER SO FOR NOW...WL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS FOR -SHRA GOING ACROSS SRN CWA. SUNSHINE ON WED AND FILTERED SUN ON THU SHOULD RESULT IN PLEASANT DAYTIME TEMPS BUT REMAINING BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD OF JULY...COOLER BY THE LAKE. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE - MEDIUM. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD THAT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS IA/MO/CENTRAL IL AREA WILL BEGIN MOVING NORTH. NORTHWARD MOVEMENT DUE TO UPSTREAM AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROFING OVER WESTERN CONUS AND ZONAL FLOW OVER GTLAKES/MIDWEST BACKING TO MORE W TO SW STEERING FLOW. HOWEVER SHORT WAVES AND RESULTANT MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS FORMING ALONG THE FRONT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON HOW SPEED AND TIMING OF THE NORTHWARD SHIFT. STRONGEST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND THETA-E TRANSPORT INTO UPPER MIDWEST LOOKS TO OCCUR DURING THE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. LLJ PIVOTS OFF TO THE EAST FOR THE START OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HENCE HIGHEST POPS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD WITH LINGERING CHANCES ON MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TROF SWINGS THRU WRN GTLAKES. TEMPS WL START OUT BELOW SEASONAL NORMAL BUT SHOULD WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL AS WARM FRONT APPROACHES...PENDING CLOUDS AND PRECIP. AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...PRIMARY SHORTWAVE/SURFACE LOW/FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALL STILL UPSTREAM SO SHRA/FEW TSRA STILL EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER HAS INHIBITED THE OTHERWISE SIZABLE BUILDUP OF INSTABILITY. UPSTREAM STRATUS IS A CONCERN WITH LLVL RH GETTING A BIT MOIST AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON WILL PROBABLY GO WITH A TREND TOWARDS THE NAM MOS/GFS MOS/SREF CIG HGT PROBS ARE SUGGESTING. FRONT COMES THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THERMAL TROUGH TAKING HOLD WITH 850 CAA INTO TUESDAY. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN CU DEVELOPMENT FROM WHATEVER LINGERING STRATUS THERE IS TUESDAY MORNING. MARINE...WITH SURFACE LOW DRAWING CLOSER THE TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SLACKEN A BIT WITH TIME. SO DECIDED TO WITH COLLAB FROM KLOT TO EXPIRE THE SMALL CRAFT AT 00Z VERSUS THE ORIGINAL 03Z EXPIRATION. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS MAY BE MET ON TUESDAY THOUGH WILL NOT ISSUE AT THIS TIME TO AVOID A DOUBLE HEADLINE. BEACHES...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW 4 FOOT WAVES WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH SWIM RISK TO LAKE MICHIGAN IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH A MODERATE RISK TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER THERE IS A GRADUAL DIMINISHING TREND NOTED SO THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED BACK TO 00Z FROM THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED EXPIRATION OF 03Z. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...NONE. && UPDATE...DAVIS TONIGHT/TUESDAY AND AVIATION/MARINE...COLLAR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 9:47 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 947 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080300- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 947 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...EAST OF MADISON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS SEVERAL WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD FROM THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-080300- 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- 947 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE VISIBILITY COULD DROP DOWN TO BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. LOOK FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS SEVERAL WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD FROM THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1037 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 WIZ057>059-063>065-070430- JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-DODGE-DANE- 1037 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA...NORTHERN JEFFERSON...DODGE...NORTHEASTERN DANE AND NORTHWESTERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES... AT 1033 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN DANE COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IT APPEARS THESE SHOWERS PRODUCED A WET MICROBURST IN THE MIDDLETON AREA THAT SNAPPED A LARGE TREE. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED WET MICROBURST THAT COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR DAMAGE. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SHOWER. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUN PRAIRIE...WATERTOWN...HARTFORD...LAKE MILLS...MAYVILLE... SLINGER...COLUMBUS...MARSHALL...HORICON...WATERLOO...JUNEAU... OKAUCHEE LAKE...OCONOMOWOC...JOHNSON CREEK...DEERFIELD...CAMBRIDGE... THERESA...HUSTISFORD...IRON RIDGE AND LAC LA BELLE. LAT...LON 4296 8905 4322 8926 4359 8850 4321 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 241DEG 23KT 4313 8904 DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 3:22 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 16 hr | |
| Jul 7, 4:08 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine | 15 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.