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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 17, 2000Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 7:03 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2000, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Columbia County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
1186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 180004
SVRMKE
WIC021-180100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
703 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF RIO...
  OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WYOCENA BY 705 PM CDT.
  RIO BY 710 PM CDT.
  CAMBRIA BY 720 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 4347 8952 4330 8915 4345 8901 4360 8918

JH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette2 hr
May 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge67 min
May 17, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDodge116 min
May 17, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington, Waukesha66 min
May 17, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk, Sheboygan6 hr
May 17, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Iowa, Ozaukee, Washington6 hr
May 17, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Waukesha6 hr
May 17, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth6 hr
May 18, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXKenosha3 hr
May 18, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa64 min
May 18, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane67 min
May 18, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson67 min
May 18, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth60 min
May 18, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha61 min
May 18, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee61 min
May 18, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee51 min
May 18, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson60 min
May 18, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha58 min
May 18, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth61 min
May 18, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth67 min
May 18, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa60 min
May 18, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha54 min
May 18, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Washington56 min
May 18, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth, Waukesha56 min
May 18, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha57 min

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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.