Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2000, 12:26 AM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2000, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Calvary, WI | |
| Aug 15, 1:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 150539 SVRMKE WIC039-117-150630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI 1226 AM CDT TUE AUG 15 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT CALVARY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF CHILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. CLOUD AT 1230 AM CDT. ELKHART LAKE AT 1235 AM CDT. PLYMOUTH AT 1240 AM CDT. HOWARDS GROVE AT 1245 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH....AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! DAMAGING `WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. LAT...LON 4387 8848 4367 8849 4345 8741 4384 8723 CG
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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.