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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 8, 2000Jefferson County, Walworth County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2000, 5:16 PM CST for Jefferson County, Walworth County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 8, 2000, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2000, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 8, 5:43 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Muskego, WI
Mar 8, 6:04 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Waterloo, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 8, 2:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKX 082318
SVRMKE
WIC055-105-127-133-090000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
516 PM CST WED MAR 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 516 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELOIT...OR 5
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON BY 525 PM CST.
  WHITEWATER BY 540 PM CST.
  PALMYRA BY 550 PM CST.

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...L&ON 4242 8910 4234 8889 4303 8836 4314 8867
DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 4:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	31 min
Mar 8, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	48 min
Mar 8, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	38 min
Mar 8, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	51 min
Mar 8, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	44 min
Mar 8, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	51 min
Mar 8, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	51 min
Mar 8, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	49 min
Mar 8, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette	49 min
Mar 8, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	50 min
Mar 8, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	47 min
Mar 8, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	47 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.