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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 11, 1994Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1994, 6:51 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1994, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 112355
TORMKE
WIC027-120045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
651 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS
BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DODGE COUNTY. THE PARENT STORM
WAS JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS... OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON.
 
THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENED BACK TO THE AREA
NORTH OF MADISON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES AT RISK ARE BEAVER DAM...WATERTOWN... REESVILLE...DANVILLE
AND CYMAN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge68 min
Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac32 min
Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington66 min
Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson66 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.