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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 18, 1995Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 1995, 11:27 AM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 11:50 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Rock County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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 181629
TORMKE
WIC105-181700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1127 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN ROCK COUNTY
 
AT 1120 AM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF BELOIT
IN THE BELOIT TOWNSHIP. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC WITH SOME
DAMAGE REPORTED.  THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE TIFFANY, EMERALD GROVE AND
CLINTON.
 
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
HAASE
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette38 min
Apr 18, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock61 min
Apr 18, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen27 min
Apr 18, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette21 min
Apr 18, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth38 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington55 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Racine, Waukesha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia36 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine57 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee57 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.