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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2000, 5:47 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:09 PM CDTHail 1.25Horicon, WI
Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDTTornado F0Oak Center, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 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 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

502 
WFUS53 KMKX 012247
TORMKE
WIC027-039-012345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
547 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 547 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 FROM FAIRWATER TO 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOX LAKE...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF RIPON TO 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   WAUPUN AT 550 PM CDT.
   OAKFIELD AT 600 PM CDT.
   BROWNSVILLE AT 610 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE KEKOSKEE AND
  BRANDON

THE SAFEST 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

LAT...LON 4374 8888 4350 8897 4344 8859 4373 8840

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette67 min
May 31, 10:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen, Iowa, Lafayette4 hr
Jun 1, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk6 hr
Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa6 hr
Jun 1, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane60 min
Jun 1, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson42 min
Jun 1, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk3 hr
Jun 1, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson61 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette54 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk54 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake55 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk66 min
Jun 1, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac56 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa66 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXIowa2 hr
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette65 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane65 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWashington59 min
Jun 1, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac3 hr
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen67 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson60 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee55 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane34 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.