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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 11, 2021Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Iowa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 11, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2852 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

607 
WUUS53 KMKX 112210
SVRMKX
WIC049-112300-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0053.210811T2210Z-210811T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
510 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Iowa County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Muscoda, or 12 miles northwest of Dodgeville, moving east at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Dodgeville, Barneveld, Highland, Ridgeway, Centerville, Linden,
  Cobb, Clyde, Blue Mound St Park, Blackhawk Lake Rec Area, Governor
  Dodge St Park and Edmund.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for south central
Wisconsin.

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


&&

LAT...LON 4316 8984 4289 8984 4293 9043 4312 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 269DEG 33KT 4304 9036 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

STUMPF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson25 min
Aug 10, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan51 min
Aug 10, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine32 min
Aug 10, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX53 min
Aug 10, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX44 min
Aug 11, 6:44 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX15 hr
Aug 11, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth77 min
Aug 11, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX84 min
Aug 11, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette59 min
Aug 11, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa53 min
Aug 11, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa25 min
Aug 11, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee36 min
Aug 11, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha41 min
Aug 11, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX94 min
Aug 11, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa47 min
Aug 11, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa41 min
Aug 11, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth53 min
Aug 11, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane15 min
Aug 11, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX57 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.