Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
- May 28, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nw Mineral Point, WI | |
| May 28, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 N Dodgeville, WI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KMKX 282113
SVRMKX
WIC049-065-282200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0007.160528T2113Z-160528T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
413 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PLATTEVILLE...
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...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...
BLANCHARDVILLE...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...COBB...REWEY...HOLLANDALE...
EDMUND...BLACKHAWK LAKE REC AREA...YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK...PLATTE
MOUNDS...LONDON...LEAD MINE...GOVERNOR DODGE ST PARK AND LESLIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4295 9043 4314 9022 4282 8985 4251 9035
4251 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 231DEG 36KT 4272 9049
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DDV3 follow-up statements
486
WWUS53 KMKX 282125
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
425 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
WIC049-065-282200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160528T2200Z/
IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
425 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 423 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELMONT...OR
NEAR PLATTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 415 PM THE AUTOMATED OBSERVATION AT
PLATTEVILLE IN GRANT COUNTY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...BELMONT...BENTON...
BLANCHARDVILLE...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...COBB...REWEY...HOLLANDALE...
EDMUND...BLACKHAWK LAKE REC AREA...YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK...PLATTE
MOUNDS...LONDON...LEAD MINE...GOVERNOR DODGE ST PARK AND LESLIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4295 9043 4314 9022 4282 8985 4251 9035
4251 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 231DEG 36KT 4278 9038
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAVIS549
WWUS53 KMKX 282135
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
435 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
WIC049-065-282200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160528T2200Z/
IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
435 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINERAL
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...BELMONT...BLANCHARDVILLE...
LINDEN...COBB...REWEY...HOLLANDALE...EDMUND...BLACKHAWK LAKE REC AREA...
YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK...PLATTE MOUNDS...LONDON...GOVERNOR DODGE ST
PARK AND LESLIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4295 9043 4314 9022 4282 8985 4255 9032
4257 9034 4277 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 232DEG 28KT 4284 9029
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAVIS234
WWUS53 KMKX 282150
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
WIC049-065-282200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160528T2200Z/
IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
450 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DODGEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. MINERAL POINT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 59
MPH AT 441 PM.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...BLANCHARDVILLE...LINDEN...COBB...
REWEY...HOLLANDALE...EDMUND...BLACKHAWK LAKE REC AREA...YELLOWSTONE LAKE
ST PARK...PLATTE MOUNDS...LONDON...GOVERNOR DODGE ST PARK AND LESLIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4295 9043 4314 9022 4282 8985 4259 9025
4276 9027 4275 9041 4277 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 225DEG 39KT 4295 9014
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAVISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green Lake, Rock | 45 min |
| May 28, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.