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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 18, 1998Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1998, 4:17 PM CDT for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 18, 1998, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1998, 4:50 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindEdgerton, WI
Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDarien, WI
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindElkhorn, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1998-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2000 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 1998-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
2000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

298 
WFUS1 KMKE 182118 RRA
TORMKE
WIC105-127-182150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
417 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  SOUTHWESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 450 PM CDT

* AT 415 PM CDT... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CLINTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLINTON... NOW
  ALLENS GROVE AT 425 PM CDT
  DARIEN AT 430 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION

KAPELA/TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa48 min
Jun 18, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane60 min
Jun 18, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia54 min
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen61 min
Jun 18, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette60 min
Jun 18, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake64 min
Jun 18, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock60 min
Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth, Waukesha61 min
Jun 18, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette55 min
Jun 18, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk55 min
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine60 min
Jun 18, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green60 min
Jun 18, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia60 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk50 min
Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette63 min
Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green63 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Green Lake62 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.