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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 2, 2020Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2020, 2:52 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine 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: Aug 2, 2020, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2020, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 2, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:42 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:28 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
252 PM CDT Sun Aug 2 2020

WIZ071-072-022030-
Racine-Kenosha-

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES...

At 252 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Wheatland, or
near Paddock Lake, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds of 30 to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kenosha, Racine, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Prairie, Antioch,
Sturtevant, Union Grove, Paddock Lake, Camp Lake, Winthrop Harbor,
Wheatland, Yorkville, Silver Lake, Wind Point, Lake Catherine, Browns
Lake, Eagle Lake, Bohners Lake, Twin Lakes and Caledonia.

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

LAT...LON 4256 8830 4271 8827 4284 8786 4284 8782
      4279 8776 4271 8777 4267 8779 4266 8781
      4261 8782 4259 8781 4252 8781 4249 8780
      4249 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 280DEG 17KT 4264 8819

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 3:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		58 hr
Aug 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee	32 min
Aug 2, 3:19 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	46 hr
Aug 2, 3:19 PM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	36 hr
Aug 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	26 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.