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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 2, 2000Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 6:05 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2000, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Racine County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCaledonia, WI
Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDTTornado F0Husher, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2000-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

093 
WUUS53 KMKX 022305
SVRMKE
WIC101-030000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
605 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERFORD NORTH...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUKWONAGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERFORD NORTH AT 625 PM CDT.
  WIND LAKE AT 630 PM CDT.
  STURTEVANT AT 655 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED.

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson55 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson40 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth, Waukesha59 min
Jul 2, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha64 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine41 min
Jul 2, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.