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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Maple Bluff, WI | HW 30 AND FAR OAK HAD 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE ACROSS ROAD. |
| Jul 21, 6:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Madison, WI | HW 30 AND FAR OAK HAD 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE ACROSS ROAD |
| Jul 21, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milton, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA |
| Jul 21, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milton, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA. |
| Jul 21, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Madison, WI | CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE ON UW MADISON CAMPUS |
| Jul 21, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Madison, WI | CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE ON UW MADISON CAMPUS. |
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
243
WUUS53 KMKX 212303
SVRMKX
WIC021-025-055-105-212345-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0053.160721T2303Z-160721T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
603 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN
MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT 600 PM...THE MADISON
AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WITH THIS STORM.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...JANESVILLE...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...STOUGHTON...
VERONA...OREGON...MCFARLAND...MONONA...MILTON...EDGERTON...
SAUK CITY...CROSS PLAINS...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...
LAKE KOSHKONONG...FULTON...ALBION...UTICA AND ROCKDALE.
PEOPLE ATTENDING THE DANE COUNTY FAIR SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4271 8896 4299 8970 4325 8975 4328 8971
4330 8972 4297 8902 4285 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 022DEG 40KT 4308 8938
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPM1 follow-up statement
433
WWUS53 KMKX 212323
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
623 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
WIC021-025-055-105-212345-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160721T2345Z/
COLUMBIA WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-ROCK WI-
623 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...CENTRAL DANE AND
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
BELLEVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OREGON...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...JANESVILLE...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...STOUGHTON...VERONA...
OREGON...MCFARLAND...MONONA...MILTON...EDGERTON...SAUK CITY...
CROSS PLAINS...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...LAKE KOSHKONONG...
FULTON...ALBION...UTICA AND ROCKDALE.
PEOPLE ATTENDING THE DANE COUNTY FAIR SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4271 8896 4299 8970 4325 8975 4328 8971
4330 8972 4297 8902 4285 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 022DEG 40KT 4287 8950
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BSHThe 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, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette | 55 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, 6:08 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.