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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Mar 7, 2017, 6:59 PM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 7, 2017, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2017, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 Mar 7, 6:28 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 6:28 PM CST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 329 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-082130- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 329 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin, and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight Isolated thunderstorms will move through areas west of Madison this evening. Strong wind gusts to 40 to 45 mph are possible. Strong southwest winds into the early evening will diminish for a time tonight, then increase rapidly again on Wednesday. A wind advisory remains in effect. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Tuesday Windy conditions will continue Wednesday. West winds will gust to 40 to 50 mph. A wind advisory is in effect through 7 pm Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated, but wind reports are appreciated. LMZ643>646-082130- 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- 329 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Gale Warning is in effect tonight for strong southwest to west winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Tuesday Strong west winds will continue Wednesday. Gale force wind gusts will continue through Wednesday, diminishing quickly wednesday evening. North winds and waves may reach Small Craft Advisory criteria Thursday night and Friday. www.weather.gov/mkx
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 3:19 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
351 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW MADISON 43.07N 89.39W
03/06/2017 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER POLE DOWN.
1035 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SE LINDEN 42.89N 90.24W
03/06/2017 M62 MPH IOWA WI AWOS
AWOS STATION MINERAL POINT /MRJ/.
1036 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NE DARLINGTON 42.76N 90.02W
03/06/2017 LAFAYETTE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF OF BUILDING ON HIGHWAY G.
1051 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N LA VALLE 43.60N 90.13W
03/06/2017 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN NORTH OF LA VALLE.
1100 PM TSTM WND GST MOUNT HOREB 43.01N 89.73W
03/06/2017 E60 MPH DANE WI PUBLIC
TRASH CARTS AIRBORNE.
1124 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E LAKE WISCONSIN 43.37N 89.52W
03/06/2017 M49 MPH COLUMBIA WI MESONET
MESONET STATION 2 E LAKE WISCONSIN /AU500/.
1125 PM TSTM WND GST 3 ENE MONROE 42.62N 89.59W
03/06/2017 M58 MPH GREEN WI AWOS
MONROE AIRPORT AWOS.
1139 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW MIDDLETON 43.10N 89.55W
03/06/2017 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN OF MIDDLETON.
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG EDGERTON 42.83N 89.07W
03/06/2017 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
STOP LIGHT TURNED DUE TO STRONG WINDS.
1143 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N FOOTVILLE 42.72N 89.22W
03/06/2017 ROCK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HOME DAMAGED. HORSE BARN DESTROYED. DEBRIS
STREWN OVER 200 YARDS. LARGE PINE TREE
UPROOTED. NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 14
AND CASSIDY ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
1155 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SSW JANESVILLE 42.62N 89.04W
03/06/2017 M49 MPH ROCK WI AWOS
AWOS STATION JANESVILLE / ROCK CO ARPT
/JVL/.
1157 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S EDGERTON 42.79N 89.07W
03/06/2017 M51 MPH ROCK WI MESONET
MESONET STATION 3 S EDGERTON /E5754/.
1159 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W ORFORDVILLE 42.63N 89.31W
03/06/2017 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
1159 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW ORFORDVILLE 42.56N 89.29W
03/06/2017 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN AVON TOWNSHIP.
1159 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SSE ORFORDVILLE 42.53N 89.20W
03/06/2017 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN NEWARK TOWNSHIP.
1205 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE LAKE RIPLEY 43.04N 88.95W
03/07/2017 JEFFERSON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED FROM WEATHER RADAR
IMAGES. BUS DRIVER REPORTED FOUR 2 STORY
TALL TREES DOWN AT RESIDENCE AT INTERSECTION
OF HWY/S A AND S. TREES ALL FELL IN THE SAME
DIRECTION WITH THE ROOT BALLS OUT OF THE
GROUND. TREES FELL ON A BOAT AND A TRAILER
DAMAGING THEM. ALSO, A BRICK CHIMNEY WAS
DAMAGED.
1215 AM TSTM WND GST 1 S WATERTOWN 43.17N 88.72W
03/07/2017 M62 MPH JEFFERSON WI AWOS
WATERTOWN AIRPORT AWOS.
1217 AM TSTM WND GST 4 SSE SULLIVAN 42.97N 88.55W
03/07/2017 M51 MPH JEFFERSON WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN FORECAST OFFICE.
1219 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE NEOSHO 43.34N 88.46W
03/07/2017 DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON ROAD NEAR TOWNSHIP OF RUBICON.
1224 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE FONTANA-ON-GENEVA 42.52N 88.48W
03/07/2017 WALWORTH WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN LINN TOWNSHIP.
MORE REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN CENTRAL WALWORTH COUNTY AS WELL.
1230 AM TSTM WND GST HARTFORD 43.32N 88.39W
03/07/2017 E55 MPH WASHINGTON WI PUBLIC
ESTIMATED 55 MPH WIND BLOWING GARBAGE BINS
DOWN THE ROAD.
1245 AM TSTM WND GST THIENSVILLE 43.24N 87.98W
03/07/2017 M60 MPH OZAUKEE WI PUBLIC
MEASURED AT HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL.
1259 AM TSTM WND GST 3 N PLEASANT PRAIRIE 42.60N 87.93W
03/07/2017 M59 MPH KENOSHA WI ASOS
KENOSHA AIRPORT ASOS.
0137 AM TSTM WND GST 3 NE FOND DU LAC 43.81N 88.40W
03/07/2017 M47 MPH FOND DU LAC WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0427 AM NON-TSTM WND GST JACKSON 43.32N 88.16W
03/07/2017 M50 MPH WASHINGTON WI CO-OP OBSERVER
MEASURED PEAK WIND GUST OF 50 MPH.
0427 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W JACKSON 43.32N 88.22W
03/07/2017 M50 MPH WASHINGTON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
542 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2017
WIZ051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-080015-
Dodge-Green-Columbia-Lafayette-Iowa-Rock-Sheboygan-Sauk-Washington-
Fond Du Lac-Jefferson-Dane-
542 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2017
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LAFAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU
LAC...GREEN...SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN ROCK...COLUMBIA...
DANE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHWESTERN SHEBOYGAN AND DODGE COUNTIES...
At 541 PM CST, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Lomira to near Darlington. Movement was east at
30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.
These showers will be near...
Lomira and Theresa around 545 PM CST.
Campbellsport around 550 PM CST.
Kewaskum around 555 PM CST.
Argyle around 610 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by these showers include Nenno, Atwater,
Astico, Harmony Grove, Cooksville, Brownsville, Ashford, Ridgeway,
Hubbleton and Rewey.
LAT...LON 4284 9043 4363 8918 4363 8790 4250 8971
4251 8973 4251 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 270DEG 26KT 4355 8840 4264 9016
MARQUARDTSpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 6:19 PM CST, 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Ozaukee, Rock and 1 more | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 7:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 9:08 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:17 AM CST | Storm Warning | MKX | 5 hr | |
| Mar 8, 2:42 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 6 hr |
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