SKYWARN · Wisconsin

NWS Dousman MKX

20 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #wi-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:27 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KMKX interactive ↗ · KMKX at College of DuPage ↗ · KGRB interactive ↗ · KGRB at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · UMV sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by MKX so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Dousman yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Dousman yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

12 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.400 MHz KEC60 · Milwaukeecovers Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan (S 1/2), Walworth, Washington, Waukesha · 1000 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.450 MHz KHA47 · Baraboocovers Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Marquette, Richland, Sauk, Vernon · 300 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.500 MHz KXI41 · Crystal Lakecovers Kenosha, Walworth · 300 W · NWS Chicago

162.450 MHz KZZ56 · Freeportcovers Green, Lafayette · 300 W · NWS Quad Cities

162.475 MHz KZZ57 · Rockfordcovers Green, Rock · 1000 W · NWS Chicago

162.450 MHz KZZ76 · Racinecovers Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha · 300 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.400 MHz WWF40 · Colomacovers Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Waushara, Wood · 1000 W · NWS Green Bay

162.500 MHz WWG87 · Fond Du Laccovers Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Washington, Waushara, Winnebago · 1000 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.425 MHz WWG90 · Janesvillecovers Dane, Green, Rock, Walworth · 300 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.525 MHz WWG91 · Sheboygancovers Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington · 200 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.550 MHz WXJ87 · Madisoncovers Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk · 1000 W · NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

162.400 MHz WXL64 · Dubuquecovers Grant, Lafayette · 1000 W · NWS Quad Cities

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Dousman. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #wi-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Dousman · 20

WIC021 Columbia

WIC025 Dane

WIC027 Dodge

WIC039 Fond du Lac

WIC045 Green

WIC047 Green Lake

WIC049 Iowa

WIC055 Jefferson

WIC059 Kenosha

WIC065 Lafayette

WIC077 Marquette

WIC079 Milwaukee

WIC089 Ozaukee

WIC101 Racine

WIC105 Rock

WIC111 Sauk

WIC117 Sheboygan

WIC127 Walworth

WIC131 Washington

WIC133 Waukesha