Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jul 2, 2000, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, 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.

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WUUS53 KMKX 030144
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WIC079-089-131-030245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF GERMANTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GERMANTOWN AT 850 PM CDT.
  BROWN DEER AT 900 PM CDT.
  BAYSIDE AT 905 PM CDT.
  SHOREWOOD AT 910 PM CDT.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

DAVIS

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
230 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000

FORECAST FOCUS IS ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS EVENING THEN LATER
IN PD.

MCS FROM LAST NIGHT HAS BROUGHT SOME DOUBT TO ACCURACY OF MODELS IN
THE SHORT RUN.  THEY ALL DID A POOR JOB RESOVING THIS SYSTEM AND
THE COOL STABLE LAYER IT LAID OUT NOT LIKELY RESOVLED...BUT
IMPORTANT...MAYBE.  SFC BOUNDRY ADVERTISED TO DROP THROUGH THE AREA
THIS EVENING...LOCATED AT 19Z FM NR KMTW...TO KISW...TO NR KLSE AND
ALNG THE MN IA BRDR.  AMORPHOUS MID LEVEL S/W ROLLING OVR THIS
BNDRY WITH MAX CORE OVER WRN WI...THEN STRUNG OUT TO NR KFSD.  THIS
TRACKS ESE THIS EVENING AND WL HELP ENHANCE UVV ALNG BNDRY DURG PK
INSTABILITY THIS EVENING. SWOMCD FM SPC DISCUSSING INTERACTION OF
OLD MCS OUTFLOW BNDRY OVR IA WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FNT.
ANTICIPATED CONVECTION OVR IA COULD CLIP SRN WI BEFORE DROPPING S.

ONCE CONVECTION DROPS SOUTH WITH FROPA BY 06Z IN THE SE...LOOKS
QUIET FOR ABOUT 24 TO 36 HOURS. DRIER NE FLOW UNDER WEAK AND
TEMPORARY RIDGING SHOULD KEEP THE RAIN AT BAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
CLOUD COVER AFT FROPA THRU MONDAY NIGHT SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE WITH
MODELS SHOWING VARYING DEGREES OF HUMIDITY. WL KEEP IT M.CLDY
TONIGHT...DECREASE CLDS MONDAY...CONT INTO MONDAY NGT. AS THE RIDGE
PULLS OFF TO THE EAST AND LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS AGAIN TO THE
WEST...THE ONCE COOL FRONT WILL HEAD BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THE
PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT ON TUESDAY MAY TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH THE THREAT APPEARS SMALL AND A WASHOUT IS NOT
LIKELY. SML POPS REQUIRED.

NGM MOS TEMPS LOOK GUD. AVN LOOKING A TAD COOL.

.UWNMS...NOT AVAILABLE.

.MKX...NONE.
DAVIS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.