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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 23, 2004Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2004, 8:31 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2004, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 80Waupun, WIDOOR BLOWN OFF FIRE HOUSE. POWER OUT.
Jun 23, 9:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Oak Center, WI
Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAlto, WIHOUSES BLOWN OVER AND PEOPLE TRAPPED ON MIDKE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 23, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 240131
TORMKX
WIC027-039-240230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
831 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST
  DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
  FAIRWATER...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPON...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FOX LAKE AT 835 PM CDT.
  FAIRWATER AT 840 PM CDT.
  ALTO AT 845 PM CDT.
  LAGODA AT 850 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4357 8831 4356 8833 4356 8900 4362 8900
      4364 8887 4381 8887 4381 8815 4357 8816

$$

REM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk52 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette47 min
Jun 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa, Sauk30 min
Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMarquette56 min
Jun 23, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane55 min
Jun 23, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen Lake33 min
Jun 23, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk58 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX116 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX116 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX116 min
Jun 23, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson33 min
Jun 23, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington36 min
Jun 23, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWashington27 min
Jun 23, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha39 min
Jun 23, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth33 min
Jun 23, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan25 min
Jun 23, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWaukesha38 min
Jun 23, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine48 min
Jun 23, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha29 min
Jun 23, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX65 min
Jun 23, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.