S. resulted in strong low level jet that night which carried a warm and very moist air mass into southern Wisconsin.
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The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
An amplifying strong short-wave trough over western U.S. resulted in strong low level jet that night which carried a warm and very moist air mass into southern Wisconsin. The resultant storms constituted the 1st day of 4 straight days with severe storms over southern Wisconsin.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 5, 3:57 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
457 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
.SHORT TERM...850-700 MB WAA TRIGGERING CURRENT MCS OVER IA AND
WI WITH MUCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG BEING RELEASED. WET MICROBURSTS
AND ISOLD BRIEF TORNDOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS.
OTHERWISE SHARP POLAR TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE INTO
THE HIGH PLAINS BY THIS EVENING WHILE STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS
NWD INTO NRN NE AND TO WRN MN OR THE ERN DAKOTAS BY 12Z FRI. THE
WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH SRN WI LATE THIS AM...THEREBY
ENDING THE DENSE FOG OVER ERN WI. A LAKE BREEZE WILL DEVELOP BUT
REMAIN FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE LAKESHORE. EXPECT TEMPS TO WARM INTO
THE 80S WITH THE WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE INCLUDING SOME BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COVER. CAPPING WILL THEN SET IN THROUGH TNT SO BELIEVE
MAJORITY OF NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN
TO THE NORTH AND WEST WHERE CAPPING WILL BE WEAKER AND ORGANIZED
LIFT WILL BE PRESENT. TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR 70 TNT WITHIN A WARM
AND HUMID AIRMASS AND SOME WIND/MIXING.
BY FRI THE LOW WILL BE OCCLUDED AND LIFTING DUE NORTH INTO FAR WRN
ONTARIO CANADA. THE COLD FRONT LIFTS NWD WITH THE LOW BUT A SFC
TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE LOW WILL SHIFT EWD THROUGH WI IN THE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A VORTICITY MAXIMUM WITHIN FAST SWLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL APPROACH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE OVERALL LIFT WITH
THE SFC TROUGH AND UPPER WAVE IS WEAK BUT CAPPING IS AS WELL SO
WENT WITH LIKELY POPS. MLCAPES OF 2000 J/KG OR GREATER AND 0-6 KM
BULK SHEAR OF 50-60 KTS WILL BE PRESENT SO WILL MENTION SEVERE
WORDING. SUPERCELLS AND/OR LINE SEGMENTS ARE EXPECTED.
&&
.AVIATION...
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR WIZ052-059-
060-065-066-071-072.
LM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR LMZ643>646.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...20
AVIATION/MARINE...09HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-051200- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA...OZAUKEE...SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-051200- 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- 550 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:57 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and power-lines.
Ground covered white.
Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down large trees and power-lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 121161, 121157, 121158, 121159, 121163, 121165.