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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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 16, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
481
WUUS53 KMKX 170405
SVRMKX
WIC111-170430-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0076.160817T0405Z-160817T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1105 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1104 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WONEWOC...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF REEDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARABOO...REEDSBURG...WISCONSIN DELLS...LAKE DELTON...
WEST BARABOO...NORTH FREEDOM...MERRIMAC...LA VALLE...
ROCK SPRINGS...IRONTON AND DEVILS LAKE ST PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9025 4364 8979 4360 8976 4360 8972
4357 8973 4356 8960 4338 8960 4337 8961
4352 9019 4356 9020 4356 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 284DEG 52KT 4361 9016
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MBK2 follow-up statements
720
WWUS53 KMKX 170420
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1120 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
WIC111-170430-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160817T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1120 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY...
AT 1119 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REEDSBURG...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARABOO...REEDSBURG...WISCONSIN DELLS...LAKE DELTON...WEST BARABOO...
NORTH FREEDOM...MERRIMAC...LA VALLE...ROCK SPRINGS...
IRONTON AND DEVILS LAKE ST PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9025 4364 8979 4360 8976 4360 8972
4357 8973 4356 8960 4338 8960 4337 8961
4352 9019 4356 9020 4356 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 288DEG 31KT 4359 9008
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MBK421
WWUS53 KMKX 170430
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1130 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
WIC111-170440-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160817T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1130 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4364 9025 4364 8979 4360 8976 4360 8972
4357 8973 4356 8960 4338 8960 4337 8961
4352 9019 4356 9020 4356 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 284DEG 52KT 4359 9008
$$
MBKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette, Sauk | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Sauk | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 49 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.