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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 11, 2000Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 8:47 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 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, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 9:30 PM CDTHail 1Kenosha, 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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 120147
SVRMKE
WIC059-101-120245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF BROWNS LAKE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  WEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNS LAKE AT 855 PM CDT.
  CAMP LAKE AT 900 PM CDT.
  PADDOCK LAKE AT 905 PM CDT.
  WIND LAKE AT 910 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 4283 8828 4252 8829 4249 8782 4282 8783

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha65 min
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, 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.