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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 4:36 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min. 4 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2000, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sauk County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 4:43 PM CDTHail 1Plainville, WI
Jun 1, 4:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70 EBriggsville, WI
Jun 1, 5:04 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EReedsburg, WI
Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPortage, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 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 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 012137
SVRMKE
WIC021-077-111-012230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
436 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING    
  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   PORTAGE AT 450 PM CDT.
   MONTELLO AT 455 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST BARABOO...ROCK
  SPRINGS...OXFORD...NORTH FREEDOM...LOGANVILLE...LAKE DELTON...LA
  VALLE...IRONTON AND ENDEAVOR

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!

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

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!

LAT...LON 4395 8971 4373 8972 4366 9025 4341 9010
          4345 8950 4355 8926 4376 8922

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette67 min
May 31, 10:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen, Iowa, Lafayette4 hr
Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk6 hr
Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa6 hr
Jun 1, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane60 min
Jun 1, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson42 min
Jun 1, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk3 hr
Jun 1, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson61 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette54 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake55 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk66 min
Jun 1, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac56 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa66 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXIowa2 hr
Jun 1, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac58 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette65 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane65 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWashington59 min
Jun 1, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac3 hr
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen67 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson60 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee55 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane34 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.