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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 1, 2000Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2000, 5:04 PM CDT for Dane 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2000, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 
WFUS53 KMKX 012208
TORMKE

WIC025-012300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
504 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST
  DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH DANE COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF SUN PRAIRIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NORTH BRISTOL AT 510 PM CDT.
  EAST BRISTOL AT 520 PM CDT.

THE SAFESTx PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk35 min
Sep 1, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk31 min
Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette62 min
Sep 1, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk67 min
Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.