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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2016Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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
May 28, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

955 
WUUS53 KMKX 282133
SVRMKX
WIC065-282200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0008.160528T2133Z-160528T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
433 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCALES MOUND...
  OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALENA...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...
  SHULLSBURG...SOMERS...WIOTA...LAMONT AND GRATIOT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4251 9036 4273 9000 4261 8987 4251 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 229DEG 26KT 4252 9027 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DDV
1 follow-up statement
719 
WWUS53 KMKX 282152
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
452 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

WIC065-282200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160528T2200Z/
LAFAYETTE WI-
452 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARLINGTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOMERS...WIOTA...LAMONT AND GRATIOT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4273 9000 4261 8987 4252 9009 4260 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 213DEG 30KT 4263 9014 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette47 min
May 28, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk31 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk31 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk31 min
May 28, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane, Green Lake, Rock45 min
May 28, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock31 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.