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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 26, 1993Kenosha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Kenosha County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 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 
TTAA00 KMKE 262308
TORMKE
WIC059-WIZ502-262345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
605 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...KENOSHA COUNTY
 
  AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF
 
  ...LAKE MICHIGAN
 
AT 605 PM...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE TWIN LAKES AREA REPORTED A
TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF KENOSHA. IF YOU LIVE IN THE
CAMP LAKE...SALEM...OR TREVOR AREA...GET TO SHELTER NOW!
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
J LAST
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

WIZ018-262145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
335 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN...

AT 335 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST-CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.  THE STRONGEST STORM APPEARED
TO BE OVER CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON...
30 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE TOWN OF
LANCASTER.

HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND GROUND STRIKES OF
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.  IF OUTDOORS...MOVE
INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WjINDOWS.

J LAST/DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

WIZ019-262200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
357 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNTOWN ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISON.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.  SOME TOWNS IN
THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MONROE...CLARNO AND JUDA IN
SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY.

HAIL...WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GROUND STRIKES OF
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

WIZ019-262200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
357 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNTOWN ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISON.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.  SOME TOWNS IN
THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MONROE...CLARNO AND JUDA IN
SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY.

HAIL...WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GROUND STRIKES OF
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DAVIS

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

WIZ019-262230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY...

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH ROCK COUNTY AND
SHOULD BE ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY BY 500 PM.  THEY WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY
MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN WALWORTH
COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO GO QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THESE
STORMS APPROACH.

OSTER

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...ATTN SELS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM WISCONSIN FOR JUN 26 1993...
THROUGH 450 PM.

TIME CDT     REPORT              LOCATION

345 PM       GOLF BALL SIZE      AT LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY.
             HAIL

415 PM       50 MPH WIND         MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY.

425 PM       3/4 INCH HAIL       TWIN GROVE IN GREEN COUNTY.

445 PM       3/4 INCH HAIL       AVON IN ROCK COUNTY.

J LAST
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...ATTN SELS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM WISCONSIN FOR JUN 26 1993...
THROUGH 450 PM.

TIME CDT     REPORT              LOCATION

345 PM       GOLF BALL SIZE      AT LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY.
             HAIL

415 PM       50 MPH WIND         MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY.

425 PM       3/4 INCH HAIL       TWIN GROVE IN GREEN COUNTY.

445 PM       3/4 INCH HAIL       AVON IN ROCK COUNTY.

J LAST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	56 min
Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	35 min
Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha	64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.