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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 117

April 18, 200237 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 18, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT for 37 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Shawano, Waupaca52 min
Apr 18, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa65 min
Apr 18, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette60 min
Apr 18, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane68 min
Apr 18, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan64 min
Apr 18, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia61 min
Apr 18, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk33 min
Apr 18, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Winnebago46 min
Apr 18, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc32 min
Apr 18, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson74 min
Apr 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge64 min
Apr 18, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen54 min
Apr 18, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac32 min
Apr 18, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock61 min
Apr 18, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington57 min
Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth55 min
Apr 18, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine37 min
Apr 18, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk16 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.