Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 7:17 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2000, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Genesee, WI | |
| Jun 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Milwaukee, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
171 WUUS53 KMKX 020017 SVRMKE WIC079-133-020115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI 717 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES EAST OF BAYSIDE TO HARTLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BROOKFIELD AT 725 PM CDT. MILWAUKEE AT 730 PM CDT. HALES CORNERS AT 735 PM CDT. FRANKLIN AT 740 PM CDT. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RIVER HILLS...OCONOMOWOC LAKE...NORTH PRAIRIE...NASHOTAH...MERTON...LANNON...EAGLE... DOUSMAN...CHENEQUA...BUTLER AND BIG BEND 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 MK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000
FCST FOCUS ON SVR WX/FLOODING THREAT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
IN THE SHORT TERM...SVR WX INDICIES CONT TO DESTABLIZE...REVEALING
VERY UNSTABLE AMS OVR CWA. PROGRESSIVE CD FNT TO SWEEP THRU AREA ERLY
TNGT. RUC/NGM PROGS HOLD BACK A BIT ON FNTL PASSAGE...BUT ESSENTIALLY
EVERYTHING WINDS DOWN AFT 06Z. WITH RIVERS THAT ARE STILL BLO FLOOD
STAGE BUT RISING...WILL CONTINUE FFA INTO EARLY TNGT AS EXPECT
TORRENTIAL RAIN TO ACCOMPANY STRONGEST STORMS.
IN THE FAR TERM...WX NIL AS COOL HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO RGN. GUID
TEMPS LOOK OK ATTM.
.UWNMS...SIMILAR TO TREND OF PROGS...BUT CONCENTRATES BEST UVV ACRS
NRN WI.
.MKX...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA EARLY TNGT...WI ZNS
46..47..51..52..56>60..62>72.
ZAJDELIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
WIZ046-047-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI 353 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HEADING FOR MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES... AT 4 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN JUNEAU COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT THE CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE STORMS COULD BE AFFECTING MARQUETTE COUNTY BETWEEN 445 PM AND 500 PM...AND GREEN LAKE COUNTY BETWEEN 530 PM AND 545 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PERSONS IN MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE APPROACHING STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
WIZ056-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI 404 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SAUK COUNTY... AT 405 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BORDER OF SAUK AND JUNEAU COUNTIES. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE OVER RICHLAND COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF VALTON...LA VALLE...IRONTON AND LIME RIDGE BETWEEN 415 PM AND 430 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
WIZ046-047-056-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI 429 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000 LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR SAUK...MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SAUK...MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 70 TO 100 MPH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING LA VALLE...IRONTON...REEDSBURG...WISCONSIN DELLS... LAWRENCE AND WESTFIELD AREAS BETWEEN 440 PM AND 500 PM. ALL PERSONS IN SAUK...MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE ALERT TO THIS APPROACHING WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN. ZAJDEL
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, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 66 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.