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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 18, 2000Dane County, Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT for Dane County, Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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 18, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1779 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
10.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 181746
SVRMKE
WIC025-049-181845-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1245 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
  BARNEVELD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MOUNT HOREB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACK EARTH BY 1255 PM CDT.
  CROSS PLAINS BY 105 PM CDT.
  SAUK CITY BY 110 PM CDT.
  DE FOREST BY 140 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!
k
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia57 min
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, 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.