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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
454
WUUS53 KMKX 050049
SVRMKX
WIC049-065-050145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0073.160805T0049Z-160805T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
749 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 748 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLATTEVILLE TO NEAR EAST
DUBUQUE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 745 PM...WIND DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED IN POTOSI.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...
ARGYLE...BLANCHARDVILLE...SOMERS...WIOTA...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...
SOUTH WAYNE...COBB...LAMONT...REWEY...GRATIOT...WOODFORD...
LONDON...YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK AND PLATTE MOUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS GRANT COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4301 9043 4283 8984 4251 8984 4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 286DEG 42KT 4283 9055 4255 9060
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HALBACH3 follow-up statements
251
WWUS53 KMKX 050109
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
809 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC049-065-050145-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160805T0145Z/
IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
809 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 807 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELMONT TO NEAR HAZEL GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. AT 745 PM...WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN
POTOSI.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...
ARGYLE...BLANCHARDVILLE...SOMERS...WIOTA...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...
SOUTH WAYNE...COBB...LAMONT...REWEY...GRATIOT...WOODFORD...LONDON...
YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK AND PLATTE MOUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS GRANT COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
&&
LAT...LON 4301 9043 4283 8984 4251 8984 4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 286DEG 42KT 4279 9036 4251 9041
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JTS462
WWUS53 KMKX 050130
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
830 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC049-050138-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160805T0145Z/
IOWA WI-
830 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4281 9043 4282 9018 4272 8984 4251 8984
4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 286DEG 42KT 4275 9015 4247 9020
$$
WIC065-050145-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160805T0145Z/
LAFAYETTE WI-
830 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 828 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DARLINGTON TO NEAR SCALES MOUND...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...ARGYLE...SOMERS...
WIOTA...NEW DIGGINGS...SOUTH WAYNE...LAMONT...GRATIOT...WOODFORD...
PLATTE MOUNDS...LEAD MINE AND LESLIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
&&
LAT...LON 4281 9043 4282 9018 4272 8984 4251 8984
4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 286DEG 42KT 4275 9015 4247 9020
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JTS685
WWUS53 KMKX 050144
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
844 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC065-050153-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160805T0145Z/
LAFAYETTE WI-
844 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4281 9043 4282 9018 4272 8984 4251 8984
4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 286DEG 42KT 4275 9015 4247 9020
$$
JTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 40 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.