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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 16, 2004Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2004, 2:44 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2004, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 161944
TORMKX
WIC027-162015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
244 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 244 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HUSTISFORD...OR
  ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF JUNEAU...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WOODLAND AT 245 PM CDT.
  HUSTISFORD AT 250 PM CDT.
  CLYMAN AT 300 PM CDT.
  NEOSHO AT 305 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

LAT...LON 4321 8844 4321 8874 4336 8873 4337 8875
      4344 8875 4346 8851 4343 8851 4338 8848

$$

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane48 min
Jul 16, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen38 min
Jul 16, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green55 min
Jul 16, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette60 min
Jul 16, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette59 min
Jul 16, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha48 min
Jul 16, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Washington57 min
Jul 16, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac53 min
Jul 16, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan33 min
Jul 16, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette60 min
Jul 16, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan42 min
Jul 16, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette66 min
Jul 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge58 min
Jul 16, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington62 min
Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk60 min
Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane64 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX44 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX44 min
Jul 16, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha33 min
Jul 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock30 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.