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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 2, 2000Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 7:16 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2000, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Iowa County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2519 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
2519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 030016
SVRMKE
WIC049-030115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHLAND...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES EAST OF FENNIMORE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINERAL POINT AT 725 PM CDT.
  DODGEVILLE AT 730 PM CDT.
  RIDGEWAY AT 740 PM CDT.
  BARNEVELD AT 745 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!

LAT...LON 4315 9044 4286 9044 4284 8984 4314 8983

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine39 min
Jul 2, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane46 min
Jul 2, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson57 min
Jul 2, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha60 min
Jul 2, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington61 min
Jul 2, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine, Waukesha4 hr
Jul 2, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha36 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.