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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 29, 2017Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2017, 6:29 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 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
May 29, 2017, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Iowa County, WI

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 29, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 6:17 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
617 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

WIZ056-057-292330-
Columbia-Sauk-
617 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN COLUMBIA AND
NORTHEASTERN SAUK COUNTIES...

At 617 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Reedsburg,
moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Baraboo, Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells, Lake Wisconsin, Lake Delton,
West Baraboo, North Freedom, Merrimac, Rock Springs and Devils Lake
St Park.

LAT...LON 4347 9003 4364 8996 4359 8954 4334 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 286DEG 36KT 4353 8989

HENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
629 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

WIZ062-063-292345-
Iowa-Dane-
629 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND
SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTIES...

At 629 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Black Earth, or
7 miles northwest of Mount Horeb, moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Middleton, Mount Horeb, Cross Plains, Mazomanie, Black Earth,
Barneveld, Blue Mounds, Arena, Ridgeway, Pine Bluff, Blue Mound St
Park, Mount Vernon and Governor Dodge St Park.

LAT...LON 4316 9009 4315 9005 4316 9005 4319 9002
      4320 8999 4319 8996 4320 8994 4319 8992
      4319 8989 4318 8954 4292 8957 4302 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 286DEG 36KT 4310 8980

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.