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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 27, 1994Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1994, 11:58 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1994, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1994-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1920 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 1994-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
13.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 280459
TORMKE
WIC027-039-280600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1158 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY...FOND DU LAC COUNTY
 
AT 1155 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY NORTHWEST OF FOX LAKE...OR ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOND DU LAC.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS
OF FOX LAKE AND ATWATER IN NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY AND ALTO AND
WAUPUN IN SOUTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
 
 
 
TORNADOES AT NIGHT CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  A ROARING TRAIN-LIKE
NOISE MAY BE YOUR ONLY HINT OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO.  GET TO A
STURDY SHELTER...AND INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL MIDDLE ROOM OR CLOSET
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
 
JDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood57 min
Aug 27, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXClark, Taylor38 min
Aug 28, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington53 min
Aug 28, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee37 min
Aug 28, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac23 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.