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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 7:06 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 1, 2000, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sheboygan County, WI

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 313 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 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

146 
WUUS53 KMKX 020006
SVRMKE
WIC117-020100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHART LAKE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF
  PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 135 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WALDO...OOSTBURG...KOHLER...
  GLENBEULAH AND CASCADE

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

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 4391 8815 4360 8814 4364 8813 4360 8779
          4391 8776

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Green3 hr
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock66 min
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha58 min
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington3 hr
Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Waukesha4 hr
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth3 hr
Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth62 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine56 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.