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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this heat advisory at Jul 28, 2023, 3:58 AM CDT for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 28, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2023, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 28, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 28, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 356 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023 .SHORT TERM... (Issued 353 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023) Today and Tonight: Main Points for today: - Another hot and muggy day with higher heat indices nearing and exceeding 100F. - Potential for a line of strong to severe storms later this afternoon and evening with strong to damaging winds possible. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms from overnight activity continue to linger across the area. CAMs seem to struggle in handling this line of storms with only the 00z NSSL taking the line all the way through south ern WI and into IL, where the strongest storms exist this morning. Given the 00z NSSL performance, will lean a bit more on its trend for development later today. Expecting this lingering activity to gradually diminish through daybreak as the mid-level shortwave trough pushes east. Already seeing the environment recover a bit north of the morning showers with southerly flow and a bump in the dewpoint closer to the surface boundary extending across the Upper Midwest/northern WI. Most CAMs show return flow and moisture advection to increase through the morning as the surface front gradually slides south with dewpoints climbing back into the lower 70s. Also expecting deep/fat CAPE profiles to develop over the area through the day with HREF probabilities of SBCAPE exceeding 1000 J/kg and 2000 J/kg on the higher end (>70 percent). Pair with deep layer shear exceeding 40 kt and steep mid-level lapse rates of 7 C/km and the ingredients will be present for strong to sever thunderstorms later today. Although there continues to be some minor disagreement between the latest models on handling convection today, there is a consensus to see a MCS develop along/near the surface front and roll across southern WI. The question is where will it develop and timing as models differ on the frontal placement with some solutions such as the 00-06z HRRR firing things further north across central WI, while other solutions such as NSSL and NAM 3km are slightly further south along I-94 corridor. Nonetheless, there is increasing potential for southern WI to see the a line of strong to severe storms this afternoon. Could see some larger hail early on as storms develop, but the main concern will definitely be stronger to damaging winds. There are hints of 0-1km SRH exceeding 100 m2/s2 , thus still cannot rule out a tornado of two embedded within the line, but chances remain on the lower side. Lastly with any of the shower and thunderstorm activity along the boundary, there is a potential to see some training resulting some flooding concerns, but the precedent dry conditions may help limit the impacts. However, flash flooding is possible with any heavier rain rate over the same area. Otherwise expecting another hot and muggy day as the morning activity clears up. Looking at heat indices to climb through the day and top off at or above 100F for southwestern areas away from the lake, but areas closer to the lake will still be unpleasantly hot with heat indices in the 90s. Wagner && .LONG TERM... (Issued 353 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023) Saturday through Monday: High pressure builds southeast into the Great Lakes this weekend into early next week, bringing some a cooler, more seasonable air mass down from Canada. So we will see a break from the heat with highs temperatures back down in the low/mid 80s. Closer to Lake Michigan, northeast to north winds will help keep temperatures locally cooler into early next week. There is a weak shortwave that digs southeast across the Upper Great Lakes over the weekend, but most this activity is expected to remain north of our area. Tuesday through Thursday: We will see a warming trend as high pressure moves east of the region and upper-level ridging attempts to build back north. Conditions look to remain dry through mid-week, with better chances for showers and thunderstorms towards Wednesday night/Thursday as a stronger shortwave digs south across the Great Lakes region. Anderson && .AVIATION... (Issued 353 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023) Showers and storms this morning will wrap up and VFR conditions are expected through the morning with mainly southerly winds. Expect hot and muggy conditions to give way to showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening. Expecting a line of storms to develop along and ahead of the front and push through this evening. Strong to severe storms with damaging winds will be the main concern. This activity will bring lower flight conditions to area terminals, but conditions are expected to improve into Saturday morning as the line of showers and storms moves out. Wagner && .MARINE... (Issued 353 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023) A few rounds of thunderstorms are possible through Friday night, which could be strong to severe, as a cold front slowly sags south across the region. Winds become easterly today as the front slowly moves into the area, then northeast tonight through Saturday and northerly Saturday night. As winds take on more of a northerly component, expect winds to increase slightly to perhaps around 20 knots. This will allow waves to build across the southern half of the lake Saturday/Saturday night, but waves look to remain below small craft advisory for now. High pressure then builds into the region late this weekend into the middle parts of next week, helping keep winds around or below 15 knots. Anderson && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. LM...None. && Visit us at weather.gov/milwaukee Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/NWSMilwaukee www.twitter.com/NWSMilwaukee www.youtube.com/NWSMilwaukee
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 3:35 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 335 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-290845- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 335 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A heat advisory is in effect for areas southwest of a line from Wisconsin Dells to lake Geneva. Heat indices are expected to reach 100 to 105 degrees this afternoon. A slight chance for showers and thunderstorms lingering this morning. Stronger thunderstorms are expected to develop north and west of the region or perhaps directly over the region this afternoon, then drift ESE-ward across the region through tonight. Gusty winds and hail are the main severe weather threat. A moderate swim risk is expected for the lake front overnight tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A moderate swim risk is forecast for the lake front throughout Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed, especially this afternoon and evening. LMZ643>646-290845- 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- 335 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters from Sheboygan Wisconsin to Winthrop Harbor Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A slight chance for showers and thunderstorms lingering this morning. Stronger thunderstorms are expected to develop north and west of the region or perhaps directly over the region this afternoon, then drift ESE-ward across the region through tonight. Gusty winds and hail are the main severe weather threat. A moderate swim risk is expected for the lake front overnight tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A moderate swim risk is forecast for the lake front throughout Saturday. LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-290845- 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- 335 AM CDT Fri Jul 28 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the open waters of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A slight chance for showers and thunderstorms lingering over the lake this morning. Stronger thunderstorms are expected to develop west of the lake this afternoon, then drift ESE-ward across the southern 2/3 of the lake this afternoon through tonight. Gusty winds and hail are the main severe weather threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. www.weather.gov/mkx
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 27, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 88 min | |
| Jul 28, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 40 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.