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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 8:04 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 020104
SVRMKE
WIC059-101-020200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF RACINE TO 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE LAKE...OR FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF RACINE TO
  WATERFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   ELMWOOD PARK AT 810 PM CDT.
   CAMP LAKE AT 820 PM CDT.
   PLEASANT PRAIRIE AT 825 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SILVER LAKE

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!

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.

LAT...LON 4282 8795 4277 8819 4253 8822 4248 8817
          4247 8778 4274 8779

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, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan54 min
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.