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Tornado Watch 400

June 11, 200123 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 11, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Adams County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Wood44 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon49 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood49 min
Jun 11, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Wood24 min
Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau, Monroe36 min
Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara58 min
Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette57 min
Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago44 min
Jun 11, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Sauk59 min
Jun 11, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac59 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe, Vernon63 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Calumet, Outagamie42 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago42 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane57 min
Jun 11, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Washington28 min
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland64 min
Jun 11, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe61 min
Jun 11, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau60 min
Jun 11, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2182 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
2182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCTrempealeau6 hr
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 4 more3 hr
Jun 11, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKenosha, Racine, Walworth5 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.