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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 2, 2000Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2000, 5:35 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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: Jul 2, 2000, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jefferson County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 5:55 PM CDT	Hail 2.25	Rome, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

054 
WFUS53 KMKX 022235
TORMKE
WIC055-022315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
535 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 535 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 NEAR JOHNSON CREEK...OR
  ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SULLIVAN AT 550 PM CDT.

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE
TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LAT...LON 4316 8882 4299 8890 4286 8853 4312 8856

DAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson	55 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth, Waukesha	59 min
Jul 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	64 min
Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine	55 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	41 min
Jul 2, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha	26 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.