Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT for Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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
- Jul 23, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Portage, WI | 40 FOOT TALL ELM TREE...1 FOOT DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 2:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Portage, WI | 40 FOOT TALL ELM TREE...1 FOOT IN DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 2:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 N Portage, WI | 40 FOOT TALL...1 FOOT DIAMETER ELM TREE DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pardeeville, WI | SHINGLES OFF ROOF...60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Jul 23, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pardeeville, WI | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME ROOFS. 6-8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 N Portage, WI | 40 FOOT TALL...1 FOOT DIAMETER ELM TREE DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 2:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Pardeeville, WI | 60 MPH WIND GUST. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pardeeville, WI | TREE DOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 231931 SVRMKX WIC021-111-232030- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0113.050723T1930Z-050723T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 230 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 70 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PORTAGE TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST BARABOO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BARABOO AROUND 235 PM CDT... PORTAGE AROUND 245 PM CDT... LAKE WISCONSIN AROUND 250 PM CDT... PARDEEVILLE AROUND 255 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 4364 8959 4331 9025 4330 8904 4364 8902 $$ ZAJDEL
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 231940 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 240 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC021-111-232030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050723T2030Z/ COLUMBIA-SAUK- 240 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND DIME SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTAGE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRAIRIE DU SAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WYOCENA AND PARDEEVILLE BY 245 PM CDT... FRIESLAND...RIO...POYNETTE AND LODI BY 250 PM CDT... OTSEGO AND DOYLESTOWN BY 255 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4364 8959 4331 9025 4330 8904 4364 8902 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 231952 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 251 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC021-111-232030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050723T2030Z/ COLUMBIA-SAUK- 251 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 246 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMBRIA TO MERRIMAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FALL RIVER BY 300 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MARQUETTE COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4365 8954 4330 8998 4330 8904 4364 8902 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 232001 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 301 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC021-111-232030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050723T2030Z/ COLUMBIA-SAUK- 301 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 259 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF BEAVER DAM TO DEFOREST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4365 8954 4330 8998 4330 8904 4364 8902 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 232014 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 314 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC021-111-232024- /O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050723T2030Z/ COLUMBIA-SAUK- 314 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS HAS EXITED THESE COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4365 8954 4330 8998 4330 8904 4364 8902 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 85 min | |
| Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 22 min |
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 85 min | |
| Jul 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 21 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.