Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2000, 10:37 AM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2000, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2000, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 10:48 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Berlin, 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 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 121538 SVRMKE WIC047-077-121615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1037 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESHKORO TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESHKORO TO 7 MILES WEST OF ENDEAVOR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE WAZEECHA TO 18 MILES WEST OF BERLIN TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN DELLS... MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PRINCETON...NESHKORO... MONTELLO...MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE AND ENDEAVOR. DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM! SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY! IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! REMEM7BER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. KRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 67 min |
| May 11, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge | 66 min |
| May 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 64 min |
| May 11, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 53 min |
| May 11, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee | 55 min |
| May 11, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| May 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 58 min |
| May 12, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 69 min |
| May 12, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 61 min |
| May 12, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 50 min |
| May 12, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 66 min |
| May 12, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 56 min |
| May 12, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake | 40 min |
| May 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 50 min |
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.