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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 16, 20014 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 7:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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 16, 2001, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 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, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECampbellsport, WI
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EBeaver Dam, WI
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESheboygan Falls, WI
Jun 16, 8:36 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EWest Bend, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 170054
SVRMKE

WIC027-039-089-117-131-170200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
753 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF NORTH FOND DU
  LAC TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNEAU...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  OSHKOSH TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNEAU...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYVILLE AT 800 PM CDT.
  IRON RIDGE AT 805 PM CDT.
  CAMPBELLSPORT AT 810 PM CDT.
  KEWASKUM AT 820 PM CDT.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  WINDS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE 
KNOCKED DOWN TREES.

LAT...LON 4390 8867 4339 8888 4332 8754 4388 8743

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette40 min
Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac40 min
Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee67 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.