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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 25, 2001Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2001, 5:47 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2001, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Racine County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2001-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 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 2001-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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.

548 
WFUS53 KMKX 252247
TORMKE
WIC101-252315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
547 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 547 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STURTEVANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RACINE AT 550 PM CDT.
  NORTH BAY AT 555 PM CDT.
  WIND POINT AT 600 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS

DAVIS

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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.