Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 429

June 14, 20014 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota; 22 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota; 22 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Grant County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette59 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 663 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more6 hr
Jun 13, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 24 more6 hr
Jun 14, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Madison, Mills and 5 more5 hr
Jun 14, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 43 more6 hr
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more5 hr
Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 17 more6 hr
Jun 14, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 16 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.