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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 11, 2021Columbia County, Dane County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 3:06 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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 11, 2021, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

679 
WUUS53 KMKX 112006
SVRMKX
WIC021-025-111-112030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0001.210611T2006Z-210611T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
306 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Columbia County in south central Wisconsin...
  Northwestern Dane County in south central Wisconsin...
  East central Sauk County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 305 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Prairie Du
  Sac, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Dane, Arlington,
  Bluffview, Merrimac, Harmony Grove, Okee and Marxville.

This includes the following Location Gibraltar Rock Natural Area
County Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4337 8980 4344 8968 4334 8934 4315 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 313DEG 24KT 4336 8968 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HANSEN
1 follow-up statement
229 
WWUS53 KMKX 112026
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
326 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIC021-025-111-112036-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210611T2030Z/
Columbia WI-Dane WI-Sauk WI-
326 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA...
NORTHWESTERN DANE AND EAST CENTRAL SAUK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330
PM 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.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4337 8980 4344 8968 4334 8934 4315 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 313DEG 24KT 4327 8955 

$$

HANSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock50 min
Jun 11, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock45 min
Jun 11, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk54 min
Jun 11, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen55 min
Jun 11, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette51 min
Jun 11, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMarquette56 min
Jun 11, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane, Marquette62 min
Jun 11, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson14 min
Jun 11, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWaukesha51 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Jefferson, Waukesha40 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson, Walworth, Waukesha65 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee, Racine29 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX57 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.