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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 14, 2024Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2024, 4:07 AM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 14, 2024, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 979 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
979 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jul 14, 3:59 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:59 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1025 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

WIZ057-140430-
Columbia WI-
1025 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT COLUMBIA COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM
CDT...

At 1025 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pardeeville, or near Portage, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Portage, Lake Wisconsin, Poynette, Pardeeville, Rio, Cambria,
Arlington, Wyocena, Otsego, Doylestown, and Interstate 90/94
Interchange.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 102 and 108.
 Interstate 39 between mile markers 85 and 96.
 Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 109 and 110, and between
mile markers 112 and 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4352 8900 4343 8901 4328 8933 4347 8960
      4356 8960 4357 8967 4357 8970 4364 8960
      4364 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 297DEG 14KT 4350 8938

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KUROSKI
Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1056 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Kewaskum                43.52N 88.24W
07/13/2024                   Washington         WI   Public

            A portion of a soffit ripped off a home and
            a heavy grill moved.

&&

MG
Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1103 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     Hail             6 E Lake Delton         43.59N 89.66W
07/13/2024  M0.88 Inch       Columbia           WI   Public

&&

MG
Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1122 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     Flash Flood      Portage                 43.55N 89.47W
07/13/2024                   Columbia           WI   Law Enforcement

            Portions of highway 51 in the Portage area
            is not passable due to flooding. Other
            severe street flooding ongoing in Portage.

&&

MG
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1126 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

WIZ057-058-063-064-140530-
Dodge WI-Columbia WI-Jefferson WI-Dane WI-
1126 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA...
NORTHEASTERN DANE...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN DODGE
COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM CDT...

At 1126 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Columbus, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Sun Prairie, Watertown, Windsor, Lake Mills, Columbus, Marshall,
Waterloo, Deforest, Deerfield, Fall River, Cambridge, Rio, Arlington,
Reeseville, Otsego, Richwood, Lowell, Doylestown, Deansville, and
East Bristol.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 120 and 126.
 U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 101 and 124.
 Interstate 94 between mile markers 246 and 260.
 Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 43 and 50.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4332 8947 4352 8920 4326 8866 4300 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 307DEG 23KT 4330 8919

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KUROSKI
Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia54 min
Jul 13, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Iowa, Sauk53 min
Jul 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake46 min
Jul 13, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Rock64 min
Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane3 hr
Jul 13, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan57 min
Jul 13, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington63 min
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jul 13, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 13, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, Waukesha65 min
Jul 13, 8:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane, Iowa, Sauk3 hr
Jul 13, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen, Rock, Walworth35 min
Jul 13, 9:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDane, Green, Jefferson, Rock3 hr
Jul 13, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green23 min
Jul 13, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jul 13, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa, Lafayette87 min
Jul 13, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia65 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia3 hr
Jul 13, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia3 hr
Jul 13, 11:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia3 hr
Jul 13, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia64 min
Jul 13, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson3 hr
Jul 14, 12:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXGreen3 hr
Jul 14, 3:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson8 days
Jul 14, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia40 min
Jul 14, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Iowa44 min
Jul 14, 5:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette, Sauk3 hr
Jul 14, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette45 min
Jul 14, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson42 min
Jul 14, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson46 min
Jul 14, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen, Rock52 min
Jul 14, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth, Waukesha52 min
Jul 14, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth25 min
Jul 14, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee27 min
Jul 14, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX85 min
Jul 14, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth68 min
Jul 14, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX89 min
Jul 14, 7:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee27 min
Jul 14, 8:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXJefferson38 hr
Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane26 min

Nearby

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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.