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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 11, 2004Green County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2004, 6:51 PM CDT for Green County, Lafayette 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
Jun 11, 2004, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Green County, WI, Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2004-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 112351
TORMKX
WIC045-065-120045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
650 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 650 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH
  WAYNE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF LENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SOUTH WAYNE AT 655 PM CDT.
  BROWNTOWN AT 710 PM CDT.
  WOODFORD AT 715 PM CDT.
  JORDON CENTER AT 725 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 4248 9005 4236 8987 4268 8937 4286 8964

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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.