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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 10, 2002Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EClinton, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 826 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 110014
SVRMKE
WIC105-127-110115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
713 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES EAST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DARIEN AT 730 PM CDT.
  FONTANA-ON-GENEVA LAKE AT 735 PM CDT.
  DELAVAN AT 740 PM CDT.
  COMO AT 750 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4252 8897 4251 8834 4282 8835 4283 8895

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson55 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee57 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX67 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX67 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX67 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.