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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 19, 2016Fond du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2016, 1:56 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 19, 2016, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

862 
WUUS53 KMKX 191856
SVRMKX
WIC039-117-191930-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0079.160919T1856Z-160919T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
156 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 155 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CAMPBELLSPORT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEWASKUM...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMOUTH...CASCADE...ADELL...WALDO...WAUCOUSTA AND DUNDEE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4361 8837 4368 8838 4378 8793 4360 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 263DEG 33KT 4366 8831 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRC
3 follow-up statements
737 
WWUS53 KMKX 191909
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
209 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC039-117-191930-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T1930Z/
SHEBOYGAN WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
209 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHEBOYGAN AND EAST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 209 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...CASCADE...ADELL...WALDO...WAUCOUSTA AND DUNDEE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4361 8824 4370 8829 4378 8793 4360 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 263DEG 33KT 4368 8813 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SPM
240 
WWUS53 KMKX 191919
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
219 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC039-117-191930-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T1930Z/
SHEBOYGAN WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
219 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHEBOYGAN AND EAST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 217 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLYMOUTH...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT 200 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN WAUCOUSTA.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...CASCADE...ADELL...WALDO...WAUCOUSTA AND DUNDEE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4361 8824 4370 8829 4378 8793 4360 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 263DEG 33KT 4369 8802 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SPM
433 
WWUS53 KMKX 191922
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
222 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC039-117-191930-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T1930Z/
SHEBOYGAN WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
222 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHEBOYGAN AND
EAST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4361 8824 4370 8829 4378 8793 4360 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 263DEG 33KT 4369 8802 

$$

SPM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac30 min
Sep 19, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane50 min
Sep 19, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac28 min
Sep 19, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX58 min
Sep 19, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington40 min
Sep 19, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk52 min
Sep 19, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk38 min
Sep 19, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake, Marquette43 min
Sep 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa, Sauk50 min
Sep 19, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette65 min
Sep 19, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge34 min
Sep 19, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane44 min
Sep 19, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock32 min
Sep 19, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen63 min
Sep 19, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock, Walworth44 min
Sep 19, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee, Racine34 min
Sep 19, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette34 min
Sep 19, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette32 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.