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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 20164 counties in Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMazomanie, WIPOWER LINES AND TREES DOWN IN MAZOMANIE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 28, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Mazomanie, WISMALL 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.

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

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.

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
 
$$

DDV
1 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
 
$$

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, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette27 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

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.