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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 21, 20164 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 4:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min. 15 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 21, 2016, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 21, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Kingston, WI	A FEW TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD B
Jul 21, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Kingston, WI	A FEW TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD B.
Jul 21, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Friesland, WI	BARN LEVELED, HOUSE DAMAGED, CAR PUSHED INTO DITCH, MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 90-110 MPH.
Jul 21, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Friesland, WI	BARN LEVELED, HOUSE DAMAGED, CAR PUSHED INTO DITCH, MULTIPLE TREES DOWN, NO INJURIES
Jul 21, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Friesland, WI	BARN LEVELED, HOUSE DAMAGED, CAR PUSHED INTO DITCH, MULTIPLE TREES DOWN, NO INJURIES.
Jul 21, 5:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Kingston, WI	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY.
Jul 21, 5:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dalton, WI	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY
Jul 21, 5:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Green Lake, WI	10 TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF GREEN LAKE. NO REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN TOWN. ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN IN KINGSTON, MARQUETTE, AND DALTON.
Jul 21, 5:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Princeton, WI	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TREES DOWN NEAR THE CITY
Jul 21, 5:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Princeton, WI	UNKNOWN NUMBER OF TREES DOWN NEAR THE CITY.
Jul 21, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Portage, WI	SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY, NO SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME
Jul 21, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Portage, WI	SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY, NO SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME.
Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Beaver Dam, WI	NUMEROUS TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN. DELAYED REPORT.
Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Pardeeville, WI	BRANCHES DOWN 6-8 INCHES IN DIAMETER
Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Pardeeville, WI	BRANCHES DOWN 6-8 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

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 21, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

729 
WUUS53 KMKX 212150
SVRMKX
WIC021-027-047-077-212245-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0049.160721T2150Z-160721T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  WESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PARDEEVILLE... OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...LAKE WISCONSIN...BERLIN...LODI...POYNETTE...
  PARDEEVILLE...FALL RIVER...MONTELLO...MARKESAN...PRINCETON...RIO...
  GREEN LAKE...CAMBRIA...FOX LAKE...MANCHESTER...ARLINGTON...
  WYOCENA...OTSEGO AND MERRIMAC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4398 8889 4327 8888 4327 8901 4328 8901
      4329 8972 4331 8973 4335 8969 4338 8960
      4353 8960 4398 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 318DEG 67KT 4361 8933 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SPM

1 follow-up statement

895 
WWUS53 KMKX 212215
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
515 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016

WIC021-027-047-077-212245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160721T2245Z/
COLUMBIA WI-GREEN LAKE WI-MARQUETTE WI-DODGE WI-
515 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR COLUMBIA...GREEN LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN MARQUETTE AND WESTERN DODGE
COUNTIES...

AT 514 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMBRIA...OR
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...LAKE WISCONSIN...BERLIN...LODI...POYNETTE...
PARDEEVILLE...FALL RIVER...MONTELLO...MARKESAN PRINCETON...RIO...
GREENLAKE...CAMBRIA...FOX LAKE...MANCHESTER...ARLINGTON...WYOCENA...
OTSEGO AND MERRIMAC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4398 8889 4327 8888 4327 8901 4328 8901
      4329 8972 4331 8973 4335 8969 4338 8960
      4353 8960 4398 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 316DEG 40KT 4348 8914 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	57 min
Jul 21, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	64 min
Jul 21, 8:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	26 min
Jul 21, 9:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette	37 min
Jul 21, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		114 min
Jul 21, 9:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	62 min
Jul 21, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	32 min
Jul 21, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Waukesha	33 min
Jul 21, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	29 min
Jul 21, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		86 min
Jul 21, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	32 min
Jul 21, 11:42 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 6 more	31 hr
Jul 21, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette	60 min
Jul 21, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	56 min
Jul 21, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	62 min
Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Sauk	65 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha	60 min
Jul 21, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		112 min
Jul 21, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	57 min
Jul 21, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	54 min
Jul 21, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Jefferson, Rock	42 min
Jul 21, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha	67 min
Jul 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	45 min
Jul 21, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee	54 min
Jul 21, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Sauk	3 hr
Jul 21, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	58 min
Jul 21, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth	54 min
Jul 21, 6:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Jefferson, Sauk	3 hr
Jul 21, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	65 min
Jul 21, 6:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Sauk	3 hr

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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.