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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 3, 2001Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2001, 3:33 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
Sep 3, 2001, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 3:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Waterloo, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2001-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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 2001-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

455 
WUUS53 KMKX 032034
SVRMKE
WIC025-055-032115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
333 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WATERLOO...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30    
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERTOWN AT 355 PM CDT.

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 STORMS
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 ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

EISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha51 min
Sep 3, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine, Waukesha38 min
Sep 3, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth23 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.