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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 10, 2000Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2000, 4:33 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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 10, 2000, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI

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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 600 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 100933
SVRMKE
WIC059-101-127-101030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 433 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHORN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BURLINGTON AT 445 AM CDT.
  CAMP LAKE AT 450 AM CDT.
  PADDOCK LAKE AT 455 AM CDT.
  PLEASANT PRAIRIE AT 505 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!

LAT...LON 4274 8859 4256 8860 4245 8728 4272 8726

.END
DAVIS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 10, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2000

SHORT ON TIME TONIGHT AS SEVERE WEATHER/DERECHO PUSHING ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. LITTLE CHANGE 4IN OVERALL PACKAGE EXPECTED.

WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN CWA RUNNING THROUGH MORNING
HOURS UNTIL CONVECTION CLEARS CWA.

.MKX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MRNG ZNS 056-057-062-063-067>069.

EISE

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, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock60 min
Jul 10, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen22 min
Jul 10, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane44 min
Jul 10, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk3 hr

Nearby

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

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.