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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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 25, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Green Lake County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 25, 4:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 358 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-262100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 358 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LINE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..WHICH MEANS THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN MINOR STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE AREA...ALONG WITH A WAVERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT SOME POINT. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THIS MEANS THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. LMZ643>646-262100- 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- 358 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON. PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY DEVELOP AS MORE HUMID AIR FLOWS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE DENSE FOG MAY LINGER OR DEVELOP AGAIN INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL. THIS MEANS THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE AREA...ALONG WITH A WAVERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT SOME POINT. DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES AS WARM...HUMID AIR LINGERS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. REM WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
316 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
WIZ046-047-057-252100-
GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-MARQUETTE-
316 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL
COLUMBIA... SOUTHWESTERN GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...
AT 315 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
WESTFIELD...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTAGE...PARDEEVILLE...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...LAWRENCE...PACKWAUKEE...
MANCHESTER...OXFORD...ENDEAVOR...NESHKORO...KINGSTON...MARQUETTE...
BRIGGSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD CORNERS...GLEN OAK...HARRISVILLE AND DALTON.
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 4367 8902 4351 8938 4364 8970 4364 8960
4398 8960 4398 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 224DEG 28KT 4377 8950
SPMSpecial weather statement, May 25, 3:44 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
353 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
WIZ046-047-051-057-058-252200-
FOND DU LAC-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-MARQUETTE-
353 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA...GREEN
LAKE...EAST CENTRAL MARQUETTE...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND WESTERN FOND
DU LAC COUNTIES...
AT 352 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN LAKE...OR
10 MILES WEST OF RIPON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOND DU LAC...WAUPUN...RIPON...NORTH FOND DU LAC...MARKESAN...PRINCETON...
OAKFIELD...ROSENDALE...GREEN LAKE...BRANDON...LAMARTINE...FOX LAKE...ALTO...
MANCHESTER...FAIRWATER...FRIESLAND...KINGSTON...MARQUETTE...OAK CENTER AND
ASTICO.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 4390 8888 4389 8855 4372 8841 4350 8906
4381 8929 4392 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 217DEG 50KT 4379 8904
SPMLocal storm report, May 25, 4:03 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:55 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 8 hr | |
| May 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 29 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 18 min |
| May 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 67 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marquette | 26 min |
| May 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 46 min |
| May 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 32 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.