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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 10, 2021Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:12 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 20 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 10, 2021, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 6:32 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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

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The text

As transmitted.

400 
WUUS53 KMKX 102312
SVRMKX
WIC021-025-102345-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0047.210810T2312Z-210810T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 612 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Randolph to near Brooklyn, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Eastern Madison, Sun Prairie, Stoughton, McFarland, Monona,
  Columbus, Marshall, Cottage Grove, Randolph, Fall River, Brooklyn,
  Rio, Cambria, Otsego, Friesland, Doylestown, Deansville, East
  Bristol and Token Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4286 8938 4362 8919 4362 8903 4323 8901
      4286 8927 4284 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 261DEG 43KT 4361 8913 4288 8931 

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

$$

KAVINSKY
1 follow-up statement
030 
WWUS53 KMKX 102332
SVSMKX

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

WIC021-025-102342-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210810T2345Z/
Columbia WI-Dane WI-
632 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN
DANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 4286 8938 4362 8919 4362 8903 4323 8901
      4286 8927 4284 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 261DEG 43KT 4364 8884 4291 8902 

$$

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, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock78 min
Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Washington and 1 more97 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.