Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 12:36 AM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2016, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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 6, 12:41 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cambridge, WI | NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jul 6, 12:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Jefferson, WI | TREE DOWN. 12 INCH DIAMETER. COUNTY J AND COLLINS RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 5, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
167 WUUS53 KMKX 060536 SVRMKX WIC025-055-060615- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0036.160706T0536Z-160706T0615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1236 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN... SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1235 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD... OR NEAR LAKE MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATERTOWN...WHITEWATER...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... EDGERTON...WATERLOO...JOHNSON CREEK...DEERFIELD...PALMYRA... CAMBRIDGE...LAKE KOSHKONONG...LAKE RIPLEY...IXONIA...ROME... ALBION...MILFORD...HEBRON...SULLIVAN AND UTICA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4285 8924 4320 8902 4320 8854 4284 8855 TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 288DEG 51KT 4308 8900 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ SPM
2 follow-up statements
720 WWUS53 KMKX 060543 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1243 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 WIC025-055-060615- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160706T0615Z/ JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI- 1243 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTIES... AT 1241 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF JUNEAU TO NEAR EVANSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WATERTOWN...WHITEWATER...FORT ATKINSON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... EDGERTON...WATERLOO...JOHNSON CREEK...DEERFIELD...PALMYRA... CAMBRIDGE...LAKE KOSHKONONG...LAKE RIPLEY...IXONIA...ROME...ALBION... MILFORD...HEBRON...SULLIVAN AND UTICA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS SAUK AND WESTERN DANE COUNTIES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4285 8924 4320 8902 4320 8854 4284 8855 TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 277DEG 48KT 4332 8873 4280 8926 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ REM
696
WWUS53 KMKX 060617
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
117 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
WIC025-055-060627-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160706T0615Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
117 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
DANE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
LAT...LON 4285 8924 4320 8902 4320 8854 4284 8855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 288DEG 51KT 4332 8873 4280 8926
$$
REMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Iowa, Sauk | 71 min |
| Jul 5, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 6, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 52 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.