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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 6, 2021Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 7:38 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1243 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

823 
WUUS53 KMKX 070038
SVRMKX
WIC055-070115-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0027.210807T0038Z-210807T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Jefferson County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort
  Atkinson, and is nearly stationary.

  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...
  Whitewater, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Palmyra and Hebron. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4292 8890 4300 8880 4293 8854 4286 8854
      4284 8858 4284 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 284DEG 4KT 4293 8879 

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

$$

CMILLER
1 follow-up statement
116 
WWUS53 KMKX 070108
SVSMKX

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

WIC055-070116-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210807T0115Z/
Jefferson WI-
808 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 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 heavy 
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm and an estimated 1 to 
2 inches have fallen already. A Flood advisory remains in effect for 
much of southern Jefferson County.

LAT...LON 4292 8890 4300 8880 4293 8854 4286 8854
      4284 8858 4284 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 270DEG 4KT 4292 8875 

$$

CMILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha119 min
Aug 6, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX50 min
Aug 6, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth63 min
Aug 6, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth2 hr
Aug 6, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth31 min
Aug 6, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock, Walworth54 min
Aug 6, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane30 min
Aug 6, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane30 min
Aug 7, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Marquette54 min
Aug 7, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Green Lake59 min
Aug 7, 11:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Jefferson58 min
Aug 7, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson43 min
Aug 7, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha45 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk42 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXSauk52 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXColumbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk57 min
Aug 7, 4:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMKXIowa67 min
Aug 7, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk58 min
Aug 7, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia39 min
Aug 7, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane59 min
Aug 7, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa57 min
Aug 7, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake42 min
Aug 7, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane66 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane50 min
Aug 7, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson50 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.