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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 7, 2021Kenosha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 7, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2021-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

911 
WWUS83 KMKX 072113
SPSMKX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
413 PM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021

WIZ072-072145-
Kenosha-

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT KENOSHA COUNTY...

At 413 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Antioch, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

Winds of 30 to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie, Paddock Lake, Camp Lake, Winthrop Harbor,
Silver Lake, Twin Lakes, Salem, Bristol, Paris, Brighton and Somers.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4250 8821 4267 8818 4267 8787 4266 8781
      4261 8782 4260 8782 4259 8781 4252 8781
      4249 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 209DEG 29KT 4249 8806 

$$

WAGNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth25 min
Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWaukesha46 min
Apr 7, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge24 min
Apr 7, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWaukesha30 min
Apr 7, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Washington, Waukesha61 min
Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine35 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.