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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 28, 1994Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1994, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1994, 1:24 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Fond du Lac County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 280601
TORMKE
WIC039-280630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
101 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY
 
AT 100 AM...A CITIZEN REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF
LOMIRA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST DODGE. THAT PUTS THE STORM ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS
THE STORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE
TOWN OF CAMPBELLSPORT BY 115 AM.
 
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.
 
J LAST
 
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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 27, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac62 min
Aug 28, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington53 min
Aug 28, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee37 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.