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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 19, 2022Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2022, 9:27 PM CDT for Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2022, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2022, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
404 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-202115-
Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-
Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee-
Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha-
404 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central
Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move into south central
Wisconsin from southern Minnesota and possibly Iowa late this
evening into the overnight. There is a slight possibility these
storms could become severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Thursday

Only small chances of thunderstorms are expected on Friday with
the passage of a cold front.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late this evening into the
overnight.

LMZ643>646-202115-
Sheboygan to Port Washington WI-
Port Washington to North Point Light WI-
North Point Light to Wind Point WI-
Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL-
404 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters from
Sheboygan Wisconsin to Winthrop Harbor Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Winds and waves will increase across the lake tonight into
Friday. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect starting late this
evening.

Patchy fog, possibly dense, will be possible tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Thursday

Patchy fog, possibly dense, will be possible on Friday.

There are small chances for thunderstorms on Friday.

The Small Craft Advisory will continue until 1 PM Friday for
elevated winds and waves.

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-202115-
Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to
mid-line of lake.-
Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the
Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South
Fox Island 5NM offshore-
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to
mid lake-
Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM
offshore to mid lake-
Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5NM offshore
to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City in 5NM
offshore to Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid
Lake-
Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5NM offshore to Mid
lake-
Lake Michigan from St Joseph to South Haven MI 5NM offshore to
Mid Lake-
404 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the open waters of Lake
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There are chances for thunderstorms tonight especially over the
north half of the lake.

Areas of dense fog will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Thursday

The dense fog potential will continue Friday.

Thunderstorms will remain possible Friday into Friday evening.

www.weather.gov/mkx

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk	38 min
May 19, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green Lake	43 min
May 19, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	38 min
May 20, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Washington	51 min
May 20, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	44 min
May 20, 11:16 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		18 hr
May 20, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		15 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.