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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 6, 1995Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 726 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 061937
TORMKE
WIC127-062025-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
236 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...WALWORTH COUNTY

 AT 234 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS 24 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE OR 1 MILE SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF WALWORTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 WALWORTH                 BY 237 PM CDT
 FONTANA                  BY 239 PM CDT
 ZENDA                    BY 245 PM CDT
 WILLIAMS BAY             BY 245 PM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

BREESER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine37 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac58 min
Jun 6, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.