Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 2001, 10:30 AM CDT for 26 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2001, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2001, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 50 min |
| May 14, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waushara, Wood | 74 min |
| May 14, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 14, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 53 min |
| May 14, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 58 min |
| May 14, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 65 min |
| May 14, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac | 67 min |
| May 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 62 min |
| May 14, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 67 min |
| May 14, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 67 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Chippewa, Clark and 12 more | 5 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.