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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2017, 11:17 PM CDT for Dodge 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
- Aug 16, 2017, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 Aug 16, 11:09 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 11:09 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 320 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-172030- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 320 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin, and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight Occasional thunderstorms are expected across all of southern Wisconsin tonight as a warm front moves through the region. The storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Wednesday The chance for thunderstorms will linger into Thursday. Thunderstorm chances will then return for Monday and Tuesday as a cold front approaches. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. LMZ643>646-172030- 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- 320 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight Occasional thunderstorms are expected across southern Wisconsin and adjacent Lake Michigan tonight as a warm front moves through the region. The storms could produce gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Wednesday Expect high waves north of Port Washington on Thursday due to persistent south winds. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect. Gusty westerly winds are expected Thursday evening through Friday afternoon as low pressure moves through the western Great Lakes. A small craft advisory may be needed. The chance for thunderstorms will linger into Thursday. Thunderstorm chances will then return for Monday and Tuesday as a cold front approaches. www.weather.gov/mkx
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 1012 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017 WIZ064-170345- Jefferson- 1012 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... At 1012 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Lake Ripley, or near Fort Atkinson, moving northeast at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Johnson Creek, Lake Ripley, Lake Koshkonong, Milford and Helenville. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 4289 8891 4298 8901 4313 8883 4300 8868 TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 227DEG 20KT 4297 8891 MARQUARDT
Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:41 PM CDT, 36 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 |
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| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 4:19 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | Sheboygan | 13 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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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.