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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 4:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 5:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mazomanie, WI | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN MAZOMANIE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| May 28, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Mazomanie, WI | SMALL TREE BRANCHES ALSO DOWN. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
317
WUUS53 KMKX 282159
SVRMKX
WIC025-049-065-111-282230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0009.160528T2159Z-160528T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 459 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...DODGEVILLE...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...MINERAL POINT...
DARLINGTON...CROSS PLAINS...MAZOMANIE...SPRING GREEN...BLACK EARTH...
BARNEVELD...BLUE MOUNDS...ARENA...PLAIN...RIDGEWAY...LINDEN...HOLLANDALE...
EDMUND...LELAND AND YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4291 8979 4265 9005 4258 9018 4295 9030
4341 8996 4321 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 214DEG 40KT 4301 9002
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DDV1 follow-up statement
697
WWUS53 KMKX 282213
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
513 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
WIC025-049-065-111-282230-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160528T2230Z/
IOWA WI-SAUK WI-DANE WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
513 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR IOWA...SOUTHEASTERN SAUK...NORTHWESTERN DANE AND NORTHEASTERN
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BLACK EARTH...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT HOREB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT HOREB...DODGEVILLE...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...MINERAL POINT...
DARLINGTON...CROSS PLAINS...MAZOMANIE...SPRING GREEN...BLACK EARTH...
BARNEVELD...BLUE MOUNDS...ARENA...PLAIN...RIDGEWAY...LINDEN...HOLLANDALE...
EDMUND...LELAND AND YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4291 8979 4265 9005 4258 9018 4295 9030
4341 8996 4321 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 220DEG 33KT 4308 8988
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAVISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 27 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 |
Nearby
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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.