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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 6, 2003Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2003, 5:36 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2003, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2003-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 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 2003-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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.

263 
WFUS53 KMKX 062236
TORMKX
WIC131-062330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
536 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST
  EAST OF THERESA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KEWASKUM AT 545 PM CDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE
TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

LAT...LON 4354 8838 4347 8839 4346 8806 4354 8804

$$

GEHRING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk56 min
Jul 6, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock32 min
Jul 6, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson46 min
Jul 6, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth45 min
Jul 6, 8:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 8:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 8:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha54 min
Jul 6, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX115 min
Jul 6, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX115 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX115 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX115 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth34 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth64 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX118 min
Jul 6, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac44 min
Jul 6, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.