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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 14, 2001Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 3:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EArlington, WI
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EMadison, 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 14, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 484 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk11 min
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette45 min
Jun 14, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake42 min
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen44 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.