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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 10, 20214 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 78 min. 5 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
Aug 10, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Janesville, WITREE SPLIT...LARGE LIMB.
Aug 10, 6:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Waterloo, WIPOWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN OF PORTLAND.
Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Beaver Dam, WIPOWER LINES DOWN.
Aug 10, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Watertown, WIMEDIUM SIZE TREE UPROOTED.
Aug 10, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 441 S Watertown, WIRYV - WATERTOWN.

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
Aug 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-550 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

001 
WUUS53 KMKX 102242
SVRMKX
WIC025-027-055-105-110000-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0045.210810T2242Z-210811T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
542 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Rock County in south central Wisconsin...
  Southeastern Dane County in south central Wisconsin...
  Jefferson County in southeastern Wisconsin...
  Dodge County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 542 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Portage to near Fitchburg to 6 miles southwest
  of Brodhead, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Janesville, Beloit, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Stoughton,
  Fort Atkinson, Waupun, Jefferson, South Beloit, Lake Mills, Milton,
  Edgerton, Evansville, Marshall, Horicon, Waterloo, Juneau, Johnson
  Creek and Deerfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4250 8936 4285 8937 4285 8929 4324 8901
      4363 8901 4363 8861 4284 8870 4283 8878
      4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 245DEG 31KT 4357 8940 4301 8945 4255 8947 

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

$$

KAVINSKY
4 follow-up statements
095 
WWUS53 KMKX 102314
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
614 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

WIC025-027-055-105-110000-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rock WI-Dane WI-Jefferson WI-Dodge WI-
614 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR ROCK...SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES...

At 614 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Markesan to near Cottage Grove to
near Clinton, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Janesville, Beloit, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Stoughton,
Fort Atkinson, Waupun, Jefferson, South Beloit, Lake Mills, Milton,
Edgerton, Evansville, Marshall, Horicon, Waterloo, Juneau, Johnson
Creek and Deerfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4250 8936 4285 8937 4285 8929 4324 8901
      4363 8901 4363 8861 4284 8870 4283 8878
      4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 269DEG 31KT 4367 8910 4311 8915 4251 8894 

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

$$

KAVINSKY
446 
WWUS53 KMKX 102328
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
628 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

WIC025-027-055-105-110000-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rock WI-Dane WI-Jefferson WI-Dodge WI-
628 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR ROCK...SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES...

At 627 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Waupun to near Jefferson to near Clinton, moving
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Tree damage was reported in Rock County around Janesville. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Janesville, Beloit, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Stoughton,
Fort Atkinson, Waupun, Jefferson, South Beloit, Lake Mills, Milton,
Edgerton, Evansville, Marshall, Horicon, Waterloo, Juneau, Johnson
Creek and Deerfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4250 8936 4285 8937 4285 8929 4324 8901
      4363 8901 4363 8861 4284 8870 4283 8878
      4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 270DEG 40KT 4360 8884 4300 8885 4254 8884 

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

$$

KAVINSKY
139 
WWUS53 KMKX 102354
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
654 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

WIC025-027-055-105-110000-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rock WI-Dane WI-Jefferson WI-Dodge WI-
654 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR ROCK...SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES...

At 653 PM CDT, Strong thunderstorms located along a line extending 
from near Oakfield to near Oconomowoc to Delavan, moving east at 35 
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...A 68 mph wind gust was reported in Eagle in Waukesha 
         County. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Janesville, Beloit, Watertown, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Stoughton,
Fort Atkinson, Waupun, Jefferson, South Beloit, Lake Mills, Milton,
Edgerton, Evansville, Marshall, Horicon, Waterloo, Juneau, Johnson
Creek and Deerfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4250 8936 4285 8937 4285 8929 4324 8901
      4363 8901 4363 8861 4284 8870 4283 8878
      4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 270DEG 31KT 4368 8859 4308 8861 4262 8860 

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

$$

KAVINSKY
122 
WWUS53 KMKX 110000
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
700 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

WIC025-027-055-105-110009-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rock WI-Dane WI-Jefferson WI-Dodge WI-
700 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROCK...SOUTHEASTERN DANE...
JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central and southeastern Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4250 8936 4285 8937 4285 8929 4324 8901
      4363 8901 4363 8861 4284 8870 4283 8878
      4249 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 270DEG 31KT 4369 8857 4309 8859 4263 8858 

$$

KAVINSKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:13 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX14 hr
Aug 10, 2:16 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMKXDane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha and 8 more29 hr
Aug 10, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk73 min
Aug 10, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette80 min
Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Sauk67 min
Aug 10, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock39 min
Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Washington and 1 more97 min
Aug 10, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane20 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX111 min
Aug 10, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan76 min
Aug 10, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine54 min

Nearby

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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.