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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Campbellsport, WI | |
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Sheboygan Falls, WI | |
| Jun 16, 8:36 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | West 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 67 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.