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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 6, 1994Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1994-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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 1994-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 070109 RRA
TORMKE
WIC097-141-070215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
807 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 805 PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE
STORM IN SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY NEAR BABCOCK...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM ARE PORT EDWARDS AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WOOD COUNTY
NEAR NEKOOSA WHICH IS 7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
 
EISE
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING.  IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER.  IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac20 min
Jul 6, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXClark56 min
Jul 7, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge50 min

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.