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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 7, 2021Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 5:31 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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 7, 2021, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

366 
WUUS53 KMKX 072231
SVRMKX
WIC021-025-072330-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0036.210807T2231Z-210807T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
531 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Columbia County in south central Wisconsin...
  Northeastern Dane County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 531 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lodi, or 7
  miles north of Waunakee, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Eastern Madison, Sun Prairie, Waunakee, Windsor, Marshall,
  Deforest, Cottage Grove, Lodi, Deerfield, Cambridge, Maple Bluff,
  Dane, Arlington, Deansville, East Bristol, Morrisonville and Token
  Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4322 8963 4338 8951 4328 8901 4298 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 293DEG 31KT 4330 8946 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HANSEN
1 follow-up statement
936 
WWUS53 KMKX 072318
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
618 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

WIC021-072327-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210807T2330Z/
Columbia WI-
618 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and southeastern Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4322 8963 4325 8901 4298 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 276DEG 34KT 4316 8936 

$$

WIC025-072330-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210807T2330Z/
Dane WI-
618 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY...

At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Maple Bluff, or
near Windsor, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Eastern Madison, Sun Prairie, Waunakee, Windsor, Marshall, Deforest,
Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Cambridge, Maple Bluff, Deansville and
Token Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4322 8963 4325 8901 4298 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 276DEG 34KT 4316 8936 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 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, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha119 min
Aug 6, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson37 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, 5:33 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.