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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2016Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
May 28, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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
May 28, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WUUS53 KMKX 290005
SVRMKX
WIC027-039-047-290030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0013.160529T0005Z-160529T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
705 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
  WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREEN LAKE TO NEAR BRANDON TO 6 MILES WEST OF
  WAUPUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOND DU LAC...WAUPUN...RIPON...NORTH FOND DU LAC...BERLIN...MARKESAN...
  PRINCETON...ROSENDALE...GREEN LAKE...BRANDON...LAMARTINE...FOX LAKE...
  ALTO...FAIRWATER...WEST ROSENDALE AND LAGODA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4390 8888 4389 8841 4381 8841 4349 8888
      4368 8896 4385 8913 4399 8891 4398 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 232DEG 47KT 4390 8901 4376 8883 4361 8886 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DDV
1 follow-up statement
865 
WWUS53 KMKX 290016
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
716 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

WIC027-039-047-290030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160529T0030Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-DODGE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
716 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN GREEN LAKE...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC
COUNTIES...

AT 715 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERLIN TO NEAR ROSENDALE TO NEAR WAUPUN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOND DU LAC...WAUPUN...RIPON...NORTH FOND DU LAC...BERLIN...MARKESAN...
PRINCETON...ROSENDALE...GREEN LAKE...BRANDON...LAMARTINE...FOX LAKE...ALTO...
FAIRWATER...WEST ROSENDALE AND LAGODA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4390 8888 4389 8841 4381 8841 4349 8888
      4368 8896 4385 8913 4399 8891 4397 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 231DEG 43KT 4397 8889 4383 8870 4369 8871 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock36 min
May 28, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth28 min
May 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha26 min
May 28, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX111 min
May 28, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth, Washington, Waukesha33 min
May 28, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington46 min
May 28, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine35 min
May 28, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan17 min
May 28, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine30 min
May 29, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.