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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 3, 2017Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 8:39 AM 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: Aug 3, 2017, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2017, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

156 
WWUS83 KMKX 031339
SPSMKX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
839 AM CDT THU AUG 3 2017

WIZ063-031415-
Dane-
839 AM CDT THU AUG 3 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL DANE COUNTY...

At 839 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Cross Plains,
or near Middleton, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Madison, Fitchburg, Middleton, Waunakee, Verona, Monona, Cross
Plains, Shorewood Hills, Maple Bluff, Camp Randall Stadium, Pine
Bluff, Henry Vilas Zoo and UW-Madison.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4300 8954 4308 8971 4324 8954 4307 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 228DEG 17KT 4308 8961 

$$

MARQUARDT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	34 min
Aug 2, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	34 min
Aug 3, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac	34 min
Aug 3, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Waukesha	28 min
Aug 3, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Calumet	36 min
Aug 3, 9:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	33 min
Aug 3, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		64 min
Aug 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Lafayette	42 min
Aug 3, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green, Lafayette	51 min
Aug 3, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson	37 min
Aug 3, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	35 min
Aug 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane, Rock	34 min
Aug 3, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha	25 min
Aug 3, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		45 min
Aug 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	34 min
Aug 3, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	17 min
Aug 3, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	21 min
Aug 3, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		49 min
Aug 3, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	43 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		38 min
Aug 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		64 min
Aug 3, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	17 min
Aug 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		30 hr
Aug 3, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	23 min
Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		25 min
Aug 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	13 min
Aug 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		52 min
Aug 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		49 min
Aug 3, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	27 min
Aug 3, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Lafayette	34 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa	29 min
Aug 3, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	31 min
Aug 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	29 min
Aug 3, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	27 min
Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine	28 min
Aug 3, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	27 min
Aug 3, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	20 min
Aug 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane	32 min
Aug 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	31 min
Aug 3, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Racine	29 min
Aug 3, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Marquette	26 min
Aug 3, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	35 min
Aug 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Jefferson	35 min
Aug 3, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.