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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 11, 2000Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 7:25 PM CDT for Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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
Sep 11, 2000, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Waukesha County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindWaukesha, 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
Sep 11, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 406 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-427 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 120045
SVRMKE
WIC133-120130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
725 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DOUSMAN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  EAST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OCONOMOWOC AT 735 PM CDT.
  DOUSMAN AT 740 PM CDT.
  DELAFIELD AT 745 PM CDT.
  HARTLAND AT 750 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 4314 8856 4290 8854 4286 8809 4318 8810

CG/NJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth67 min
Sep 11, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk60 min
Sep 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee62 min
Sep 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock60 min
Sep 11, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine58 min
Sep 11, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha4 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.