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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 14, 2021Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 12:50 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 14, 2021, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 573 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 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

656 
WUUS53 KMKX 141750
SVRMKX
WIC065-141830-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0006.210714T1750Z-210714T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1250 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 1250 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Belmont to near Scales Mound,
  moving east at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Argyle, Wiota, New Diggings, South
  Wayne, Fayette, Lamont, Gratiot, Calamine, Lead Mine, Yellowstone
  Lake St Park and Woodford.

People attending The Lafayette County Fair in Darlington should seek
safe shelter immediately!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4251 9038 4271 9039 4280 8984 4251 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 264DEG 40KT 4268 9024 4252 9022 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CMILLER
1 follow-up statement
092 
WWUS53 KMKX 141817
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
117 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

WIC065-141830-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210714T1830Z/
Lafayette WI-
117 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY...

At 117 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Argyle to near Winslow, moving east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Darlington, Argyle, Wiota, South Wayne, Fayette, Lamont, Gratiot,
Yellowstone Lake St Park, Calamine and Woodford.

People attending The Lafayette County Fair in Darlington should seek
safe shelter immediately!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4251 9017 4274 9018 4280 8984 4251 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 270DEG 40KT 4271 8984 4255 8982 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CMILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk53 min
Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette45 min
Jul 14, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dane55 min
Jul 14, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock52 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson, Walworth54 min
Jul 14, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha60 min
Jul 14, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWashington37 min
Jul 14, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX26 min
Jul 14, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX60 min
Jul 14, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk37 min
Jul 14, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk44 min
Jul 14, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette60 min
Jul 14, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac61 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.