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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 10, 2000Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2000, 3:40 AM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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 10, 2000, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 4:40 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Rock County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 4:05 AM CDTThunderstorm WindJanesville, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2939 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
2939 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 100838
SVRMKE
WIC105-100940-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
340 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 AM CDT

* AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE
  TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORFORDVILLE...OR FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  VERONA TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRODHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EVANSVILLE AT 345 AM CDT.
  BELOIT AT 355 AM CDT.
  JANESVILLE AT 400 AM CDT.
  CLINTON AT 405 AM 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!

.END
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette63 min
Jul 10, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green54 min
Jul 10, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette20 min
Jul 10, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen22 min
Jul 10, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane44 min
Jul 10, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth57 min
Jul 10, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk3 hr

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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.