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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 6:52 AM CDT for Dane County, Dodge County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 19, 2016, 6:52 AM CDT (11:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2016, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 2258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 Aug 19, 3:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 425 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200930- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 425 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT THOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS UNLIKELY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THERE IS A MODERATE SWIM RISK TODAY. BREAKING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS...BREAK WALLS...AND RIVER OUTLETS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE DEPENDING ON WHEN THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE ALSO APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-200930- 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- 425 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS OFF SHORE WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20-25 KNOTS. HALBACH WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Lafayette | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson, Walworth | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson, Walworth | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth, Waukesha | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 17 min |
| Aug 19, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 6:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 113 min |
| Aug 19, 7:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Rock | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 43 hr | |
| Aug 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson, Milwaukee, Waukesha | 63 min |
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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.