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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 9, 1995Fond du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 091211
TORMKE
WIC039-117-131-091245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
709 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY...WESTERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
 
 
AT 710 AM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE CITY OF CAMPBELLSPORT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING THE CITIES...CAMPBELLSPORT
BEECHWOOD...BATAVIA IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY...KEWASKUM AND SAINT MICHAELS
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 
 
 
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
TH/TZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake61 min
Aug 9, 6:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake38 min
Aug 9, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Waukesha68 min
Aug 9, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock, Walworth48 min
Aug 9, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson61 min
Aug 9, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth64 min
Aug 9, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson60 min
Aug 9, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth47 min
Aug 9, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge61 min
Aug 9, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine, Walworth, Waukesha45 min
Aug 9, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth52 min
Aug 9, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson42 min
Aug 9, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.