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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 23, 2017Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2017, 3:47 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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 23, 2017, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Ozaukee County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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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 Jul 23, 3:37 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:37 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:38 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
338 AM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-240845-
Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-
Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-
Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha-
338 AM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central
Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin, and southeast Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a small chance for thunderstorms today, mainly east of
Madison. A few of these storms could be strong, with gusty winds
and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a chance for thunderstorms on Wednesday into Wednesday
night. Some of these thunderstorms could become strong to severe,
producing large hail, damaging wind, and heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated for today.

LMZ643>646-240845-
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-
338 AM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a small chance for thunderstorms today. A few of these
storms could be strong, with gusty winds and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a chance for thunderstorms on Wednesday into Wednesday
night. Some of these thunderstorms could become strong to severe,
producing large hail, damaging wind, and heavy rainfall.

SPM

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:47 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan43 min
Jul 23, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth35 min
Jul 23, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

Sources

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.