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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:41 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 3 Se Bohners Lake, WI | RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jul 6, 1:43 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Twin Lakes, WI | LOTS OF LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND WIND DAMAGE TO A TENT GAZEBO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
986
WWUS83 KMKX 060607
SPSMKX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
107 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
WIZ065-070>072-060700-
WAUKESHA-RACINE-KENOSHA-WALWORTH-
107 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WALWORTH...WESTERN RACINE...
WESTERN KENOSHA AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...
AT 106 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITEWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUSKEGO...WHITEWATER...ELKHORN...DELAVAN...LAKE GENEVA...MUKWONAGO...
TWIN LAKES...EAST TROY...PADDOCK LAKE...WILLIAMS BAY...WIND LAKE...
CAMP LAKE...ROCHESTER...GENOA CITY...WALWORTH...SILVER LAKE...
FONTANA-ON-GENEVA LAKE...SHARON...DARIEN AND BROWNS LAKE.
LAT...LON 4283 8878 4284 8877 4284 8855 4290 8854
4284 8807 4250 8808 4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 293DEG 41KT 4273 8877
$$
SPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Iowa, Sauk | 71 min |
| Jul 5, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 6, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 52 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.