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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 14, 2016Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 14, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2459 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 11.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 14, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
350 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-152100-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
350 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT
MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA.

A WEAKENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD
INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A
MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS TIME...SOUTHWEST OF A
GREEN LAKE TO MILWAUKEE LINE. THIS MEANS THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM IS POSSIBLE...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE MOST
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LOW PRESSURE AND A SURFACE TROUGH ARE EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST
THROUGH WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE
FEATURES WILL BRING GOOD CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG
AND EAST OF A WESTFIELD...COLUMBUS...TO DELAVAN LINE. A MARGINAL
RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE FAR
SOUTHWEST.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS IN THE
SLIGHT RISK AREA...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT
MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

LMZ643>646-152100-
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-
350 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA.

A WEAKENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD
INTO THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...BRINGING A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THESE FEATURES WILL BRING GOOD
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS...THOUGH AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

REM
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
440 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

WIZ062-067-142230-
LAFAYETTE-IOWA-
440 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN IOWA AND LAFAYETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTON...OR 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...
LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...HOLLANDALE...EDMUND...YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK...
PLATTE MOUNDS...LONDON...LEAD MINE AND LESLIE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4277 9043 4305 9026 4289 8984 4251 9021
      4251 9040 4253 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 205DEG 24KT 4260 9032

DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
934 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

WIZ062-067-150315-
LAFAYETTE-IOWA-
934 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT IOWA AND LAFAYETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 934 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF BOSCOBEL TO 8 MILES NORTH
OF PLATTEVILLE TO NEAR DICKEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...BELMONT...BENTON...
HIGHLAND...RIDGEWAY...AVOCA...ORION...LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...COBB...LAMONT...
REWEY...HOLLANDALE...GRATIOT...EDMUND...LONDON AND GOVERNOR DODGE ST
PARK.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4320 9043 4321 9029 4316 9018 4316 9009
      4315 9006 4317 9004 4282 8990 4251 9004
      4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 273DEG 23KT 4312 9059 4286 9047 4258 9059

BSH

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1013 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

WIZ056-062-067-150400-
SAUK-LAFAYETTE-IOWA-
1013 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT IOWA AND LAFAYETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 1012 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MUSCODA TO NEAR MINERAL
POINT TO SCALES MOUND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGEVILLE...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...SHULLSBURG...ARGYLE...
BLANCHARDVILLE...SOMERS...BARNEVELD...WIOTA...ARENA...RIDGEWAY...AVOCA...
LINDEN...NEW DIGGINGS...SOUTH WAYNE...LAMONT...HOLLANDALE...GRATIOT...
EDMUND AND WOODFORD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4320 9042 4321 9030 4319 9028 4320 9027
      4316 9018 4316 9009 4315 9006 4319 9001
      4319 8990 4321 8984 4251 8984 4251 9039
      4282 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 269DEG 22KT 4318 9028 4282 9012 4249 9027

BSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	3 hr
Jun 14, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	4 hr
Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	41 min
Jun 14, 10:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Sauk	3 hr
Jun 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	4 hr
Jun 14, 11:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Green, Rock	3 hr
Jun 15, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Walworth	42 min
Jun 15, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	52 min
Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Washington, Waukesha	30 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	56 min
Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	24 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.