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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 6, 2017Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 11:30 PM CST for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 6, 2017, 11:30 PM CST (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 6, 11:55 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 495 Ssw Janesville, WIAWOS STATION JANESVILLE / ROCK CO ARPT /JVL/.
Mar 6, 11:59 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG8 Sse Orfordville, WITREE DOWN IN NEWARK TOWNSHIP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 6, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2017-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2017-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 407 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

441 
WUUS53 KMKX 070530
SVRMKX
WIC105-070600-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0013.170307T0530Z-170307T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1130 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Rock County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until midnight CST

* At 1128 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Rock City, or 8 miles southeast of Monroe, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...AWOS observation. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Janesville, Beloit, Newark and Afton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4250 8937 4274 8896 4250 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 253DEG 44KT 4251 8952 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk50 min
Mar 6, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa45 min
Mar 6, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette45 min
Mar 6, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk47 min
Mar 6, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa17 min
Mar 6, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette33 min
Mar 6, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa18 min
Mar 6, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk28 min
Mar 6, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Lafayette, Rock47 min
Mar 6, 11:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Sauk47 min
Mar 6, 11:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake, Marquette50 min
Mar 6, 11:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Fond du Lac29 min
Mar 6, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth27 min
Mar 7, 12:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson, Walworth51 min
Mar 7, 12:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington71 min
Mar 7, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha47 min
Mar 7, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington45 min
Mar 7, 12:37 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX53 min
Mar 7, 5:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Lafayette33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.