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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 7:09 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rock County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Milton, 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
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 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.

472 
WUUS53 KMKX 020009
SVRMKE
WIC105-020115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORFORDVILLE...OR ABOUT 6
  MILES NORTH OF BRODHEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JANESVILLE AT 720 PM CDT.
   BELOIT AT 725 PM CDT.
   CLINTON AT 735 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOOTVILLE

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 4283 8926 4253 8940 4251 8878 4280 8880

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dane, Green	3 hr
Jun 1, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	54 min
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	58 min
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	3 hr
Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Waukesha	4 hr
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	3 hr
Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	62 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.