Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 719

September 7, 200111 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Iowa; 18 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 7, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Iowa; 18 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Scott County, IA, Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk67 min
Sep 7, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNStephenson62 min
Sep 7, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane61 min
Sep 7, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock61 min
Sep 7, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCarroll67 min
Sep 7, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth79 min
Sep 7, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac79 min
Sep 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTWinnebago30 min
Sep 7, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha39 min
Sep 7, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington49 min
Sep 7, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott36 min
Sep 7, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant26 min
Sep 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson40 min

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2001-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1137 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 2001-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
2.7

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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
Sep 7, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more6 hr
Sep 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk and 45 more5 hr
Sep 7, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery and 2 more3 hr
Sep 7, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 23 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 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.