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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 29, 2021Dodge County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 12:57 AM CDT for Dodge County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGClyman, WIMULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN CLYMAN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 29, 1:13 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Erin, WILARGE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 167 NEAR HOLY HILL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WUUS53 KMKX 290557
SVRMKX
WIC027-131-290645-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0017.210729T0557Z-210729T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1257 AM CDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Washington County in southeastern Wisconsin...
  Dodge County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 1256 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lomira to near Waterloo, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  West Bend, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Hartford, Waupun, Jackson,
  Mayville, Slinger, Kewaskum, Horicon, Juneau, Germantown, Lomira,
  Theresa, Newburg, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Burnett, Richfield and
  Addison.

This includes the following Location Horicon Marsh.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4319 8807 4320 8901 4350 8901 4363 8882
      4363 8853 4358 8840 4354 8840 4354 8829
      4346 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 289DEG 32KT 4357 8841 4319 8893 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HANSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette72 min
Jul 28, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac20 min
Jul 28, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk42 min
Jul 28, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Washington65 min
Jul 29, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk53 min
Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge31 min
Jul 29, 12:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson32 min
Jul 29, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson45 min
Jul 29, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa, Sauk39 min
Jul 29, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette38 min
Jul 29, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha37 min
Jul 29, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock and 2 more67 min
Jul 29, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX96 min
Jul 29, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha44 min
Jul 29, 1:36 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock24 min
Jul 29, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen, Lafayette24 min
Jul 29, 4:06 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX33 hr
Jul 29, 2:02 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.