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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 16, 201620 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Mar 16, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr. 60 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
Mar 16, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
13 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 08:35 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 8:30 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.384 W Middleton, WIALSO, REPORTED SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Mar 16, 9:12 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 531 Se Elkhorn, WIMEASURED FROM WISCONSIN DOT SENSOR.
Mar 16, 10:58 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 533 Nnw Sheboygan Falls, WIASOS STATION SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEM ARPT /SBM/
Mar 16, 11:17 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 493 Ne Fond Du Lac, WI
Mar 16, 11:17 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 49Taycheedah, WI
Mar 16, 12:14 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 462 Nnw Pardeeville, WIMESONET STATION 2 NNW PARDEEVILLE /PEEW3/
Mar 16, 12:14 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 Nw Milwaukee, WILARGE TREE SNAPPED NEAR CENTER AND 35TH...DOWNING POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS.
Mar 16, 12:14 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Milwaukee, WILARGE TREE SNAPPED NEAR CENTER AND 35TH...DOWNING POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS.
Mar 16, 12:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 46Juneau, WI
Mar 16, 12:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 48Monroe, WI
Mar 16, 12:27 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 515 Sw Kewaskum, WIMESONET STATION 4 SW KEWASKUM /E7851/
Mar 16, 12:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGWaterford, WIDOWNED POWER LINES DUE TO FALLEN TREE BRANCHES. WE ENERGIES REPORTING ABOUT 2500 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER.
Mar 16, 12:40 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 491 Sw Madison, WIMESONET STATION 1 WSW MADISON /UWI01/
Mar 16, 12:40 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 491 Sw Madison, WIMESONET STATION 1 WSW MADISON /UWI01/
Mar 16, 12:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 452 N Waukesha, WIAWOS STATION WAUKESHA AIRPORT /UES/
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 40Juneau, WIGUST OF 49 MPH.
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 43Mineral Point, WIGUST OF 53 MPH.
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 49Juneau, WISUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 40 MPH.
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 533 Se Linden, WIAWOS STATION MINERAL POINT /MRJ/
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 53Mineral Point, WISUSTAINED WIND SPEED 43 MPH.
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 563 Ene Monroe, WIAWOS STATION MONROE /EFT/
Mar 16, 12:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Monroe, WISUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 44 MPH.
Mar 16, 1:00 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 502 Ne Milwaukee, WIMESONET STATION 1 NE MILWAUKEE /E0512/
Mar 16, 1:14 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 473 E Lake Wisconsin, WIMESONET STATION 2 E LAKE WISCONSIN /AU500/
Mar 16, 1:15 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 49Monroe, WIGUST OF 55 MPH.
Mar 16, 1:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 433 N West Baraboo, WIAWOS STATION BARABOO /DLL/
Mar 16, 1:17 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 504 E Oxford, WIMESONET STATION 4 E OXFORD /PAKW3/
Mar 16, 1:20 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 524 Ne Brownsville, WIMESONET STATION 4 NE BROWNSVILLE /FNDW3/
Mar 16, 1:25 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 452 S West Allis, WIMESONET STATION 1 S WEST ALLIS /D5497/
Mar 16, 1:28 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 516 Wnw Spring Green, WIASOS STATION LONE ROCK TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT /LNR/
Mar 16, 1:32 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 512 W Cudahy, WIASOS STATION MILWAUKEE GEN MITCHELL ARPT /MKE/
Mar 16, 1:35 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 551 N Juneau, WIAWOS STATION DODGE COUNTY APT /UNU/
Mar 16, 1:40 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 452 Ese West Bend, WIMESONET STATION 1 ESE WEST BEND /E0943/
Mar 16, 1:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 455 Ssw Janesville, WIAWOS STATION JANESVILLE / ROCK CO ARPT /JVL/
Mar 16, 1:48 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 501 Sse West Allis, WIMESONET STATION WEST ALLIS /D5010/
Mar 16, 1:48 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 512 Wsw Fond Du Lac, WIASOS STATION FOND DU LAC AIRPORT /FLD/
Mar 16, 1:54 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 463 Ne Maple Bluff, WIASOS STATION MADISON DANE COUNTY AIRPORT /MSN/
Mar 16, 1:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 551 Wnw Middleton, WIAWOS STATION 1 WNW MIDDLETON /C29/
Mar 16, 1:56 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 592 Ene Twin Lakes, WIMESONET STATION 2 ENE TWIN LAKES /D6766/
Mar 16, 2:07 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 463 S Edgerton, WIMESONET STATION 3 S EDGERTON /E5754/
Mar 16, 2:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 534 Wnw West Bend, WIMESONET STATION 4 WNW WEST BEND /C9712/
Mar 16, 2:17 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 521 Se Elkhorn, WIMESONET STATION 1 SE ELKHORN /EKNW3/
Mar 16, 2:20 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Nne Greenfield, WILARGE PINE TREE DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES.
Mar 16, 2:21 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Jackson, WIMESONET STATION JACKSON /AP732/
Mar 16, 2:23 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 551 Wnw Jackson, WIMESONET STATION 1 W JACKSON /JAKW3/
Mar 16, 2:28 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 514 Nw Kekoskee, WIMESONET STATION 4 NW KEKOSKEE /MAYW3/
Mar 16, 2:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 512 W North Bay, WIASOS STATION RACINE BATTEN AIRPORT /RAC/
Mar 16, 2:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 513 E West Bend, WIAWOS STATION WEST BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /ETB/
Mar 16, 2:40 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 491 W Muskego, WIMESONET STATION MUSKEGO /AR976/
Mar 16, 2:40 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 523 Se Eagle, WIMESONET STATION 2 SE EAGLE /C8077/
Mar 16, 2:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 512 E Butler, WICO-OP OBSERVER STATION MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN ARPT /MWC/
Mar 16, 2:45 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Ese Dodgeville, WISEMI OVERTURNED ON HIGHWAY 151 NEAR DODGEVILLE.
Mar 16, 2:53 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 554 Se Sullivan, WIPEAK WIND GUST SO FAR AT NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
Mar 16, 2:53 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Nws Milwaukee/Sullivan, WIPEAK WIND GUST SO FAR AT NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
Mar 16, 2:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 431 Se Reedsburg, WIAWOS STATION REEDSBURG AIRPORT /C35/
Mar 16, 2:55 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 482 Wnw Burlington, WIAWOS STATION BURLINGTON /BUU/
Mar 16, 3:00 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 S Blanchardville, WIPOWER POLE SNAPPED ON HWY 78. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 16, 3:11 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 414 N Dodgeville, WIMESONET STATION 4 N DODGEVILLE /DLEW3/
Mar 16, 3:13 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 551 Se Elkhorn, WIMESONET STATION 1 SE ELKHORN /EKNW3/
Mar 16, 3:16 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Milwaukee, WITREE FELL ON A SCHOOL BUS AT 9TH STREET AND HADLEY STREET. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-03-16Temperature 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 2016-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 350 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

668 
WWUS73 KMKX 160833
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
333 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL WISCONSIN
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. VERY STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON.

BLUSTERY WEST WIND GUSTS WILL RISE TO 40 TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING
WITH A FEW WIND GUSTS REACHING 55 TO 60 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID-
AFTERNOON. 

HENCE THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND
WARNING. A PERIOD OF STRONGER WIND GUSTS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
AFFECT AREAS FARTHER NORTH INCLUDING REEDSBURG...PORTAGE...FOND
DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN AND BERLIN. HENCE A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN
POSTED FOR THESE AREAS ALSO. 

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-161645-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.160316T1400Z-160317T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0002.160316T1400Z-160317T0100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON
333 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC 
  TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON 
  NORTH SOUTH HIGHWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

WIZ062>072-161645-
/O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.160316T1200Z-160317T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0002.160316T1200Z-160317T0100Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
333 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC 
  TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON 
  NORTH SOUTH HIGHWAYS. 

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
4 follow-up statements
430 
WWUS73 KMKX 161223
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
723 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING...

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS. MANY LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. MONROE REPORTED THE HIGHEST WIND
GUST AT 7 AM WITH 46 MPH.  

THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING. BY THIS AFTERNOON...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.  

THE LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS WAS LOCATED
NEAR GREEN BAY. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD
UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED
LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 

WIZ062>072-162030-
/O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
723 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC TREE
  DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH
  HIGHWAYS.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-162030-
/O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0002.160316T1400Z-160317T0100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON
723 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC TREE
  DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH
  HIGHWAYS.

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
164 
WWUS73 KMKX 161420
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
920 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING...

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS. MANY LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.

THE LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS WAS LOCATED
NEAR GREEN BAY. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD
UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. 

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-162230-
/O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/
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
920 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC TREE
  DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. UNSECURED
  OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-
  SOUTH HIGHWAYS.

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
839 
WWUS73 KMKX 162032
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS INTO EARLY EVENING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF GREEN BAY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
MOVE NORTHWARD. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-170100-
/O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/
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
332 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SPORADIC 
  TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...
  ESPECIALLY ON NORTH- SOUTH HIGHWAYS. 

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
451 
WWUS73 KMKX 170100
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
800 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...LESSER WINDS TONIGHT...

.WIND GUSTS ARE FALLING INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH THE
HIGHEST OF THOSE WIND GUSTS OVER FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN. THE WIND
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING HAS EXPIRED. 

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-170200-
/O.EXP.KMKX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/
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
800 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
EVENING...GRADUALLY WEAKENING THROUGH THE NIGHT. 



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette30 min
Mar 15, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen, Rock28 min
Mar 16, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Jefferson22 min
Mar 16, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Sauk37 min
Mar 16, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake, Marquette41 min
Mar 16, 3:50 AM CDTStorm WarningMKX16 hr
Mar 16, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXLafayette46 hr
Mar 16, 8:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock62 hr
Mar 16, 10:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen Lake, Waushara, Winnebago25 days
Mar 16, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSauk4 days
Mar 16, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSauk5 days
Mar 16, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXColumbia7 days
Mar 16, 2:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXColumbia5 days

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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.