Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

May 12, 2000, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 2000, 9:15 AM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, 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.

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WUUS53 KMKX 121312
SVRMKE
WIC021-111-121415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
809 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 809 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF NORTH FREEDOM...OR 6
  MILES EAST OF REEDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARABOO BY 815 AM CDT.
  PORTAGE BY 835 AM CDT.
  WYOCENA BY 840 AM CDT.
  PARDEEVILLE BY 845 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!

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETEkR AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

MK

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 3:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
331 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

FCST FOCUS ON TSTMS TODAY.

WMFNT PROVIDED FOR SVR TSTMS YESTERDAY AS SRN WI REMAINS IN WM MOIST
AMS TODAY. WL STILL SEE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS UNTIL SFC
WMFNT/CDFNT AND MID LVL TROF MOV THRU BY THIS EVENING. TSTMS TODAY
COULD FIRE UP AHD OF AND ALONG BNDRYS. LWR CAPES AND LIS INDICATE
LITTLE POT FOR SVR TSTM DEV...HOWEVER STILL TOO EARLY TO COMPLETELY
RULE OUT. ALL MDLS IN GUD AGREEMENT IN TIMING OF SFC FNT AND MID LVL
TROF MOVG THRU WI.

ETA MDL SVR INDICES LWR THAN NGM WITH SFC CAPES 1000 TO 1500 AND BEST
LIS OF -2 TO -4 AND 100 SRH. NGM SFC CAPES OF 1500 TO 2500 AND LIS OF
-4 TO -6 SUGGEST BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE SVR TSTM DEV IN SERN WI
LATE AFT/EVENING HRS. BASED ON RECENT TSTMS DEV YESTERDAY MORE
STABLE ETA MDL SEEMS LIKE THE MDL OF CHOICE AS SVR TSTM FOCUS SHIFTS
TO THE SOUTH.

ONCE THE LO CLRS WI TONITE...HI PRES BLDS OVR PLAINS AND WX BECOMES
CALMER AND COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND.

UWNMS...SIM TO OTR MDLS ON MVMNT OF CDFNT. HOWEVER CAPES CLOSER TO
NGM MDL.

.MKX...NONE.

PK/SD

In the hours before

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-121700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
752 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...
...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

THREAT...
SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY.
THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN IS MOIST AND
UNSTABLE...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEED TODAY.

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

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