Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2018, 9:22 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 15, 2018, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
124
WUUS53 KMKX 151422
SVRMKX
WIC055-133-151500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0014.180615T1422Z-180615T1500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
922 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin...
Northeastern Jefferson County in southeastern Wisconsin...
* Until 1000 AM CDT.
* At 922 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Watertown,
and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Watertown, Delafield, Okauchee Lake, Oconomowoc, Lac La Belle,
Ixonia, Oconomowoc Lake, Pipersville, Mapleton, Monterey and Lake
Lac La Belle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4305 8842 4306 8874 4320 8874 4320 8871
4319 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 273DEG 4KT 4314 8868
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
069
WWUS53 KMKX 151446
SVSMKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
946 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
WIC055-133-151500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180615T1500Z/
Waukesha WI-Jefferson WI-
946 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAUKESHA AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
At 946 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lac La Belle,
or near Okauchee Lake, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Delafield, Okauchee Lake, Oconomowoc, Lac La Belle, Ixonia,
Oconomowoc Lake, Pipersville, Mapleton, Monterey and Lake Lac La
Belle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4306 8859 4308 8868 4320 8867 4319 8841
4305 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 276DEG 9KT 4311 8858
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BOXELL618
WWUS53 KMKX 151457
SVSMKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
957 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
WIC055-133-151507-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180615T1500Z/
Waukesha WI-Jefferson WI-
957 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAUKESHA AND
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4306 8859 4308 8868 4320 8867 4319 8841
4305 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 273DEG 4KT 4311 8856
$$
BOXELLWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 5:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 513 AM CDT Fri Jun 15 2018 .UPDATE... The line of warm advection thunderstorms has developed on schedule. The air becomes a little less favorable for their existence across southeast Wisconsin, so a diminishing trend is expected over the next 2 to 3 hours as they move east. If they hold together, they would get to the lake shore by 8 to 9 am. Once they diminish, the rest of the day should be quiet with building heat and humidity. A southeast wind will make it cooler near Lake Michigan, especially up toward Sheboygan. && .AVIATION(12Z TAFS)... VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. The narrow line of showers and storms currently stretching from Marquette county, south through KMSN to Janesville, will continue to push east. They are expected to diminish in coverage and intensity by the time they reach eastern Wisconsin. Once these end by mid to late morning, the area should then be quiet through the rest of the day, heading into the evening. More storms will develop over central and northern Wisconsin tonight. Those could push southeast and clip areas north of Milwaukee and Madison later tonight. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (Issued 327 AM CDT Fri Jun 15 2018) SHORT TERM... Today and tonight...Forecast confidence is high. Early morning satellite imagery is showing the elevated warm/moist air advection AC/ACCAS starting to thicken across the forecast area. This should eventually grow to a band of isold/sct showers and thunderstorms that the models have been persistently showing during the roughly 10z-16z timeframe this morning. This will all be elevated convection with the surface based CAPE and deep layer shear well west of the area yet. Once this pushes off to the east, this signals the start of the influx of hot air into the region. Our western areas could hit 90 in a few spots. Meanwhile, an onshore southeast wind will keep the lakeshore areas hovering in the cooler mid 70s to lower 80s. Dewpoints will steadily increase today, making it rather humid by late afternoon. We stay warm overnight with the thermal ridge solidly entrenched. A round of thunderstorms is expected across northern Wisconsin tonight and some of the models progress this to the southeast, clipping our northern or northeast forecast area...around Marquette county east to Sheboygan. Other models keep it well to the north. My sense is it will stay out of the area, but not confident enough to go dry, so will keep some chancy pops in that area tonight. LONG TERM... Saturday through Monday...Forecast confidence is medium to high: The story for the weekend will be the hot temps across the region. Persistent south to southwest low level flow will pull up very warm and moist conditions into southern Wisconsin. Still expecting heat index values will peak up around 100 Saturday and Sunday. It looks like the bulk of the shower/storm activity should remain to the north this weekend. Questions remain for Monday, all depending on the timing of the cold front. Models are coming into better agreement with the timing, particularly the GFS and ECMWF which have it ti the WI/IL border by Monday evening. The Canadian stalls the front in the vicinity of the forecast area Monday, but then lifts it back northward by Tuesday morning. Trended toward the GFS/ECMWF solutions, as these have been more consistent with this front. Temps will remain hot south of the front, likely hitting 90+ places the front isn't through by early afternoon. Clouds, showers/storms, and cooler temps will along/north of the front...so not a lot of certainty in forecast temps within a couple rows of counties of the expected frontal location. Tuesday through Thursday...Forecast confidence is low to medium: It looks mainly dry Tue/Wed per the GFS and ECMWF solutions, as high pressure builds into the area. The Canadian solution remains quite different into mid-week, keeping the front north and then bringing a strong low with showers/storms through the area Tue night into Wed. Again, leaning toward the more consistent GFS/ECMWF solutions. Could see showers/storms Thursday per the GFS and Canadian solutions, though the ECMWF holds onto the high through Thursday, keeping it dry across southern Wisconsin. Temps generally differ several degrees among the various model solutions, a few degrees on either side of normal. Needless to say, there isn't particularly high confidence in the mid-week forecast at this time. AVIATION(09Z TAFS)... VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. We should see a band of showers and thunderstorms develop around 10-11z this morning just west of Madison, then move east and diminish by 16z this morning. The next chance of showers and storms will be north of Milwaukee and Madison after 06z Saturday as storms developing over northern Wisconsin could drift to the south with time. MARINE... A southeast wind is expected today. Winds and waves will remain below small craft advisory levels through the weekend. We could see some fog develop at times this weekend due to a very warm and moist airmass combining with the cold waters of Lake Michigan. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. LM...None. && Update...Davis Today/Tonight and Aviation/Marine...Davis Saturday THROUGH Thursday...DDV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 8:48 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 848 AM CDT Fri Jun 15 2018 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-161400- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 848 AM CDT Fri Jun 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms will move through southeast and east central Wisconsin this morning. A few of these storms may contain pea to nickel sized hail and locally heavy rainfall. There is a chance of thunderstorms this morning and then again tonight, mainly north of Madison and Milwaukee. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Hot and humid conditions are expected this weekend. Heat index values will likely reach around 100 degrees across southern Wisconsin both Saturday and Sunday. A backdoor cold front will then bring relief from the heat early next week. Chances of thunderstorms are forecast with the passage of the front. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed, however any reports of hail or heavy rainfall are appreciated. LMZ643>646-161400- 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- 848 AM CDT Fri Jun 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a chance for thunderstorms this morning and again tonight, mainly north of Milwaukee. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday More chances of thunderstorms are expected early next week with the passage of a cold front. Collar www.weather.gov/mkx
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
552 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 AM HAIL 1 W PARDEEVILLE 43.54N 89.32W
06/15/2018 M0.50 INCH COLUMBIA WI PUBLIC
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Columbia | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green Lake | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:58 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 54 hr |
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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.