Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 3:40 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2001, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Arlington, WI | |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Madison, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 142041 SVRMKE WIC021-025-142145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 340 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAUNAKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DE FOREST AT 345 PM CDT. ARLINGTON AT 350 PM CDT. POYNETTE AT 355 PM CDT. RIO AT 405 PM CDT. 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. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADSf AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. COLLAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 11 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.