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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 24, 1996Kenosha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1996, 3:10 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1996, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1996, 3:55 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Kenosha County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 3:17 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBristol, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 1996-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 242011
TORMKE
LMZ530-WIC059-WIZ529-242055-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
310 PM CDT WED JUL 24 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 355 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...KENOSHA COUNTY

INCLUDING THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
 
AT 306 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
15 MILES WEST OF KENOSHA OR 1/2 MILE NORTH OF WILMOT MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 PADDOCK LAKE             BY 308 PM CDT
 SALEM                    BY 309 PM CDT
 CAMP LAKE                BY 312 PM& CDT
 TREVOR                   BY 312 PM CDT
 BRISTOL                  BY 314 PM CDT
 BRIGHTON                 BY 314 PM CDT
 WOODWORTH                BY 317 PM CDT

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

KRR/EISE
 

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.