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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 28, 2000Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2000, 6:14 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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 28, 2000, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Fox Lake, 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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2000-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2000-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 282314
SVRMKE
WIC027-290015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
614 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOX LAKE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES WEST OF WAUPUN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   BEAVER DAM AT 625 PM CDT.
   JUNEAU AT 645 PM CDT.
   HORICON AT 650 PM CDT.
   MAYVILLE AT 655 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THERESA...LOMIRA...
  KEKOSKEE...IRON RIDGE AND BROWNSVILLE

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 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES
AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORM'S
PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

MK

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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.