Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1996, 6:50 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1996, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dane County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 052349 TORMKE WIC025-060015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 650 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...DANE COUNTY AT 645 PM... A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THE FUNNEL HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN BUT A BRIEF SHORT TOUCHDOWN IS POSSIBLE. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE MADISON METROPOLITAN AREA... TAKE SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WIZ026-028-029-032>034-041>044-046-047-051-053>072-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 540 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 ...INDICIES NEARING HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS ON TUESDAY... HEAT INDICIES IN THE 98 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO EAU CLAIRE TO FOND DU LAC TO JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN. A FEW OF THE CITIES THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY INCLUDE MILWAUKEE...MADISON...LACROSSE AND EAU CLAIRE. ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICIES IN THE 98 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE ARE BELOW THE CRITERIA FOR HEAT ADVISORIES...THEY ARE STILL HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PERSONS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE THE ELDERLY...INFANTS...AND CHILDREN UP TO 4 YEARS OF AGE. PERSONS ON CERTAIN MEDICATIONS THAT LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE ARE ALSO AT RISK AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN INNER CITY HOUSING WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PERSONS ATTENDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LIKE THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN ALSO PRODUCE SUN STROKE WITH HOT AND STAGNANT CONDITIONS. ADVANCE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WHO WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY COPING WITH THE EXPECTED HEAT AND HUMIDITY. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ005-010-017-018-029-034-041-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM FOREST COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO VERNON COUNTY. GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996
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.