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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

February 28, 2017Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Feb 28, 2017, 5:41 PM CST for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2017, 5:41 PM CST (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2017, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Green County, WI

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 28, 3:44 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:44 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:18 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:46 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1146 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 AM     HAIL             RANDOM LAKE             43.55N 87.96W
02/28/2017  M1.00 INCH       SHEBOYGAN          WI   PUBLIC

            .

&&

RS

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:54 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1154 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

WIZ051-052-281830-
Sheboygan-Fond Du Lac-
1154 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC AND
SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

At 1154 AM CST, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Campbellsport, or 12 miles southeast of Fond Du Lac, moving east at
45 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sheboygan, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls, Howards Grove, Kohler, Elkhart
Lake, Greenbush, Cascade, Waldo, St. Cloud, Glenbeulah, Haven,
Dundee, Johnsonville and Waucousta.

LAT...LON 4376 8770 4373 8771 4356 8823 4377 8836
      4389 8804 4389 8773 4381 8773 4377 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 250DEG 39KT 4371 8822

SPM

Local storm report, Feb 28, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
156 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 AM     HAIL             RANDOM LAKE             43.55N 87.96W
02/28/2017  M1.00 INCH       SHEBOYGAN          WI   PUBLIC

            .

1103 AM     HAIL             PARDEEVILLE             43.53N 89.30W
02/28/2017  U0.25 INCH       COLUMBIA           WI   PUBLIC

            .

1102 AM     HAIL             CEDAR GROVE             43.57N 87.82W
02/28/2017  M1.00 INCH       SHEBOYGAN          WI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            .

1055 AM     HAIL             HUSTISFORD              43.35N 88.60W
02/28/2017  U0.50 INCH       DODGE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/2 INCH HAIL.

1048 AM     HAIL             HORICON                 43.44N 88.64W
02/28/2017  M0.88 INCH       DODGE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN
            CITY.

1032 AM     HAIL             3 NNW HARTFORD          43.37N 88.41W
02/28/2017  M1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL OBSERVED 3 MI SOUTH OF HWY 33 ON COUNTY
            P.

1006 AM     HAIL             LOWELL                  43.34N 88.82W
02/28/2017  M0.25 INCH       DODGE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

1006 AM     HAIL             DE FOREST               43.25N 89.35W
02/28/2017  E0.75 INCH       DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING GROUND.

0941 AM     HAIL             SUN PRAIRIE             43.18N 89.23W
02/28/2017  M0.50 INCH       DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
            HAIL IN THE CITY.

0940 AM     HAIL             4 N CROSS PLAINS        43.17N 89.65W
02/28/2017  M0.25 INCH       DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SOME PENNY SIZED HAIL MIX IN.

0925 AM     HAIL             WINDSOR                 43.22N 89.34W
02/28/2017  M0.88 INCH       DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING GROUND.

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IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:16 PM CST, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:26 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:41 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 3:55 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		11 hr
Feb 28, 8:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa	36 min
Feb 28, 9:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	31 min
Feb 28, 9:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	38 min
Feb 28, 9:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	48 min
Feb 28, 9:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	32 min
Feb 28, 10:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge	52 min
Feb 28, 10:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	63 min
Feb 28, 10:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	36 min
Feb 28, 10:55 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MKX		65 min
Feb 28, 11:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac	39 min
Feb 28, 11:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	37 min
Feb 28, 11:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sheboygan	36 min
Feb 28, 12:54 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		11 hr
Feb 28, 1:37 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 11 more	28 hr
Feb 28, 2:15 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 5 more	9 hr
Feb 28, 3:04 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		36 hr
Feb 28, 5:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green	29 min
Feb 28, 5:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.