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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2017, 5:54 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 2, 2017, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 Jul 2, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 356 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2017 .TONIGHT AND MONDAY...Forecast Confidence Is Medium. Current showers and thunderstorms continue to develop along outflow boundary in southern portions of the area, with more development along other outflow/differential heating boundaries to the north. In addition, a cold front is expected to slide southward across the area through the middle evening hours. It is just north of the forecast area at this time. There should be at least 1000 to 1500 J/kg of mean layer CAPE in areas that have not had clouds and precipitation from earlier on, which is mainly in the southwest half of the area. The other areas may recover enough to support these values of mean layer CAPE as well. 0 to 6 km bulk shear ranges from around 25 knots in the southwest counties, up to 40 knots in the northeast near the lake. Mesoscale models seem to focus convective development in the area of the outflow boundary, perhaps helped by frontogenesis response with the cold front. This would favor central and southern portions of the area for continued development, though the north may see some as well from the front. Continued scattered PoPs into this evening, with some uncertainty with areal coverage due to lack of good upward vertical motion aloft. Given the instability and shear, strong to isolated severe storms remain possible. Gusty winds and hail are the primary hazards, along with brief heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning. Keep up with the forecast if outdoors into this evening. High pressure moving across Lake Superior later tonight into Monday should bring quiet weather to the area. Light easterly winds will bring cooler temperatures on Monday near the lake, with near normal temperatures inland. .MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Forecast Confidence Is Medium. Models have trended drier for Monday night into most of Independence Day. The influence of the easterly flow with the high to the northeast of the region looks to have kept dry air in place across most of the area. Thus, kept the dry forecast for Monday night into Independence Day, with low PoPs in the far west late in the afternoon. Models then try to bring the influence of the advancing 500 mb shortwave trough into the region Tuesday night and especially on Wednesday. Models are bringing moisture into the area by Wednesday, with decent upward vertical motion fields. Kept consensus PoPs for later Tuesday night into Wednesday. It looks like most of Tuesday evening should be dry for outdoor activities across the area. Near normal temperatures are expected, with onshore winds keeping lakeshore areas cooler. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Forecast Confidence Is Medium. Left periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for this period, as the models are in some disagreement with timing and placement of features. They are trying to show a cold front moving southeast through the region on Friday, but again have timing and placement differences. No all-day rains at this point, and hopefully the models will get a better handle on things as we approach this period. && .AVIATION(21Z TAFS)... Look for current showers and storms to continue to develop and slide southeast across portions of the area into this evening. Strong storms with gusty winds, hail, brief heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning are possible. Brief occurrences of conditions near or below alternate minimums are possible with any storms. Gusty southwest winds ahead of the front will shift to the north to northeast behind it by the middle evening hours and weaken. They should remain weak later tonight into early Monday morning, then shifting east. Think any fog will remain light later tonight, with drier air slowly moving into the area. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected tonight into Monday. && .MARINE... Look for current showers and storms to continue to develop and slide southeast across portions of the area into this evening. Strong storms with gusty winds, hail, brief heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning are possible. Keep up with the forecast if out on Lake Michigan into this evening. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. LM...None. && Tonight/Monday and Aviation/Marine...Wood Monday Night through Sunday...Wood
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 34 min | |
| Jul 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.