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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 306 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 .TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...Forecast Confidence...Medium Scattered thunderstorms southwest of the forecast area are beginning to form into a line. A shortwave will bring this line of storms into the forecast area from late afternoon into the evening. More daytime heating will be available in the the western forecast area as the storms move through, so better bet for a few severe storms there. A severe thunderstorm watch is thus in effect for western portions of the forecast area. SPC is highlighting damaging winds is the primary severe threat, though some large hail and a tornado are not out of the question. Storms should exit the east by mid/late evening, with dry weather then expected overnight. The main trough axis is expected to move through on Sunday, bringing a chance for a few showers and storms. Should see decreasing precip chances and clouds from southwest to northeast later in the day, so have mildest temps in the southwest. Temps will be above normal again. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Forecast confidence is high. It looks like we'll have a warm and dry Memorial Day. High pressure will take control with the column showing a significant lack of moisture. So, should see abundant sunshine with highs in the lower to mid 80s. If we do see any showers, it would be later in the afternoon and most likely along the WI/IL border southwest of Madison, but that threat looks low enough that we can leave it out. .TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Forecast confidence is medium. Ridging will slide east, allowing a very slow moving trough to approach then move through the Upper Midwest during this period. Look for showers and storms from time to time with the best chance for rain Tuesday night and Wednesday. The surface trough/front will likely exit far eastern Wisconsin by early Thursday morning. Some lingering showers on Thursday and turning a bit cooler with lower dewpoints. .FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...Forecast confidence is medium. Cooler high pressure settles across the area. This looks like a dry period. && .AVIATION/00Z TAFS/... Mainly VFR conditions are expected into tonight (other than lower conditions possible in storms). A line of showers and storms will likely arrive in the western forecast area by late afternoon, progressing eastward across southern Wisconsin during the evening hours. Could see a strong/severe storm or two, particularly from Madison westward. A chance for showers and storms will linger on Sunday as the upper trough moves through. Models are suggesting a return of some lower ceilings for a while as the trough slides through. && .MARINE... Southerly winds will keep some patchy fog over the nearshore waters at times through tonight. The fog could be briefly dense. Southwest to west winds Sunday should bring an end to the fog. A few gusts to 25 knots are not out of the question through late this afternoon and again Sunday afternoon. Overall though, conditions seem too borderline for a Small Craft Advisory. && .MKX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... WI...None. LM...None. && TONIGHT/Sunday AND AVIATION/MARINE...DDV Sunday NIGHT THROUGH Saturday...Davis
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 318 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-292030- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 318 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WIND. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH...THAT SHOULD MARK THE END OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. LMZ643>646-292030- 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- 318 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE COOL LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM MAINLY THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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Local storm report, May 28, 8:11 PM CDT, 33 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 |
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| May 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 25 min |
| May 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| May 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 28 min |
| May 28, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 26 min |
| May 28, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 111 min | |
| May 28, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth, Washington, Waukesha | 33 min |
| May 28, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 35 min |
| May 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sheboygan | 17 min |
| May 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 20 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.