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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2016, 12:18 PM CDT for Milwaukee 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
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Milwaukee County, WI
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1135 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-010830- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1135 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME RIVERS MAY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL. STRONG WINDS WILL APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY. LMZ643>646-010830- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 1135 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A GALE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING FOR BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. MRC WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:38 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1153 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
WIZ047-051-057-058-311730-
FOND DU LAC-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
1153 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
COLUMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN GREEN LAKE...NORTHERN DODGE AND FOND DU LAC
COUNTIES...
AT 1152 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FALL RIVER TO NEAR HORICON. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WAUPUN...RIPON...MAYVILLE...NORTH FOND DU LAC...
HORICON...JUNEAU...LOMIRA...FALL RIVER...OAKFIELD...ROSENDALE...BRANDON...
BURNETT...TAYCHEEDAH...LAMARTINE...BYRON...FOX LAKE...ALTO AND EDEN.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4384 8816 4341 8864 4336 8919 4390 8879
4389 8841 4394 8840 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 222DEG 62KT 4342 8904 4345 8868
SPMLocal storm report, Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1158 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM HAIL SAINT FRANCIS 42.97N 87.87W
03/31/2016 M0.25 INCH MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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SPMLocal storm report, Mar 31, 12:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1200 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1109 AM HAIL 1 ENE GREENFIELD 42.97N 87.99W
03/31/2016 E0.25 INCH MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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SPMSpecial weather statement, Mar 31, 12:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1218 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
WIZ066-071-311745-
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-
1218 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE AND
NORTHEASTERN RACINE COUNTIES...
AT 1217 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER UNION GROVE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RACINE...OAK CREEK...SOUTH
MILWAUKEE...CUDAHY...ST. FRANCIS... UNION GROVE...WIND POINT...EAGLE
LAKE...CALEDONIA...KANSASVILLE...NORTH CAPE AND FRANKSVILLE.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4267 8805 4267 8812 4270 8818 4298 8786
4295 8784 4288 8785 4285 8783 4279 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 228DEG 48KT 4272 8806
SPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 32 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.