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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 12, 2000Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2000, 3:55 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2000, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Fond du Lac County, WI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 122054
SVRMKE
WIC039-122130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRWATER...OR    
  13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPON...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIPON BY 405 PM CDT.
  FOND DU LAC BY 420 PM CDT.
  MOUNT CALVARY BY 430 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!

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk67 min
May 11, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge66 min
May 11, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson64 min
May 11, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington64 min
May 11, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha53 min
May 11, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee55 min
May 11, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson65 min
May 12, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha58 min
May 12, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee69 min
May 12, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine61 min
May 12, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk50 min
May 12, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk66 min
May 12, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette38 min
May 12, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan56 min
May 12, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.