Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jun 6, 1999, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1999, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, 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.

685 
WFUS1 KMKE 062037 RRA
TORMKE
WIC045-105-062130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
336 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 336 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BRODHEAD...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ALBANY AT 350 PM CDT.
   BROOKLYN AT 400 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR A BATHROOM.

HENTZ/CROSBIE

In the hours before

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-062100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1135 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...
...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

THREAT...
A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH.

DISCUSSION...A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE
OVER WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE
REGION FROM THE PLAINS. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF STRONG UPPER AIR
WINDS...WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND FAVORABLE UPPER
WINDS...WILL MEAN ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP...COULD BE SEVERE.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

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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.