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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 6, 2021Dodge County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 4:58 PM CDT for Dodge County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2021, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WUUS53 KMKX 062158
SVRMKX
WIC027-055-062230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0024.210806T2158Z-210806T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
458 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Wisconsin...
  Southwestern Dodge County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 457 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Waterloo,
  moving east at 20 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...
  Watertown, Waterloo, Reeseville, Richwood, Lowell and Hubbleton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4319 8874 4317 8901 4327 8901 4335 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 252DEG 17KT 4323 8892 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HANSEN
1 follow-up statement
864 
WWUS53 KMKX 062216
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
516 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

WIC027-055-062230-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210806T2230Z/
Jefferson WI-Dodge WI-
516 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTIES...

At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Watertown,
moving east at 10 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...
Watertown, Reeseville, Richwood and Hubbleton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4317 8895 4327 8894 4333 8882 4319 8874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 262DEG 11KT 4323 8886 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HANSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXCalumet24 min
Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan31 min
Aug 6, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX42 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan41 min
Aug 6, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac39 min
Aug 6, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan24 min
Aug 6, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX52 min
Aug 6, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan52 min
Aug 6, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX64 min
Aug 6, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan24 min
Aug 6, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX52 min
Aug 6, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX111 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha94 min
Aug 6, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson38 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson, Milwaukee, Waukesha82 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.