Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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
- May 6, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2005, 4:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fond du Lac County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 062131 TORMKX WIC039-062215- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0012.050506T2130Z-050506T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 428 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE WINNEBEGO MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTHEAST FOND DU LAC COUNTY. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... MARYTOWN AROUND 445 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4408 8840 4394 8844 4387 8817 4397 8811 $$ GEHRING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062136 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 435 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 WIC039-062215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050506T2215Z/ FOND DU LAC- 435 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 433 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PIPE BY 440 PM CDT MARYTOWN BY 450 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4408 8840 4394 8844 4387 8817 4397 8811 $$ WOOD
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062156 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 WIC039-062204- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050506T2215Z/ FOND DU LAC- 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FOND DU LAC COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PRODUCED THE WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FOND DU LAC COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LAT...LON 4408 8840 4394 8844 4387 8817 4397 8811 $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 48 min |
| May 6, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 74 min |
| May 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| May 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 46 min |
| May 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 55 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.