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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 6, 20174 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 10:42 PM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2017, 11:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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, 11:00 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 60Mount Horeb, WIESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND SUSTAINED FOR 3-4 MINS. FROM 1055 PM - 1100 PM. TRASH CARTS AIRBORNE. A COUPLE OF COMMERICAL POWER BUMPS BUT NO POWER LOSS ON WEST SIDE OF MT. HOREB.
Mar 6, 11:00 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 60Mount Horeb, WITRASH CARTS AIRBORNE.
Mar 6, 11:25 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 583 Ene Monroe, WIMONROE AIRPORT AWOS.

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, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

207 
WUUS53 KMKX 070442
SVRMKX
WIC025-045-049-065-070515-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0009.170307T0442Z-170307T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1042 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Lafayette County in south central Wisconsin...
  Green County in south central Wisconsin...
  Southeastern Iowa County in south central Wisconsin...
  Western Dane County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 1115 PM CST

* At 1041 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northwest of Blanchardville to near Argyle,
  moving northeast at 65 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Western Madison, Fitchburg, Middleton, Monroe, Verona, Oregon,
  Mount Horeb, Cross Plains, Belleville, New Glarus, Shorewood Hills,
  Brooklyn, Monticello, Albany, Argyle, Blanchardville, Somers,
  Barneveld, Wiota and Blue Mounds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4251 8999 4293 9009 4324 8950 4285 8935
      4284 8937 4268 8937 4250 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 241DEG 56KT 4286 8997 4263 8988 

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

BSH
1 follow-up statement
592 
WWUS53 KMKX 070500
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1100 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

WIC025-045-049-065-070515-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170307T0515Z/
Lafayette WI-Green WI-Iowa WI-Dane WI-
1100 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE...GREEN...SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN DANE
COUNTIES...

At 1100 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
extending from near Mount Horeb to Monticello, moving northeast at 
55 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Western Madison, Fitchburg, Middleton, Monroe, Verona, Oregon, Mount
Horeb, Cross Plains, Belleville, New Glarus, Shorewood Hills,
Brooklyn, Monticello, Albany, Argyle, Blanchardville, Somers,
Barneveld, Wiota and Blue Mounds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4251 8999 4293 9009 4324 8950 4285 8935
      4284 8937 4268 8937 4250 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 241DEG 56KT 4298 8969 4275 8960 

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

SPM

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, 10:57 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, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock30 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.