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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 24, 2016Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2016, 9:17 AM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 24, 2016, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.

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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: 645 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 10.2

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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 Jul 24, 3:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
345 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-250845-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
345 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST AND A
PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE TO THE PROLONGED 4 DAY
PERIOD WITH HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 95. HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL AGAIN REACH THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS AND POSSIBLY UP TO 103 IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST.

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY RISK. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE CHANCE
OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE ARE MORE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

LMZ643>646-250845-
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-
345 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT INTO THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTS MAT APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE ARE MORE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

HENTZ

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:43 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
917 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

WIZ051-052-241500-
SHEBOYGAN-FOND DU LAC-
917 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...

AT 916 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKHART
LAKE... OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHEBOYGAN...PLYMOUTH...SHEBOYGAN FALLS...HOWARDS GROVE...KOHLER...
ELKHART LAKE...GREENBUSH...ST. CLOUD...GLENBEULAH...
JOHNSONVILLE AND HAVEN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.

LAT...LON 4372 8817 4391 8818 4391 8816 4389 8816
      4389 8773 4381 8773 4376 8770 4374 8771
      4370 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 270DEG 28KT 4383 8808

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	29 min
Jul 24, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Marquette	27 min
Jul 24, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	29 min
Jul 24, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	29 min
Jul 24, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	27 min
Jul 24, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	26 min
Jul 24, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	25 min
Jul 24, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac	32 min
Jul 24, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	47 min
Jul 24, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		53 min
Jul 24, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	35 min
Jul 24, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	25 min
Jul 24, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		60 min
Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	15 min
Jul 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	13 min
Jul 24, 4:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.