Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 2:28 PM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2005, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 191928 TORMKX WIC045-105-192000- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.050519T1928Z-050519T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 228 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALBANY...OR ABOUT NEAR BRODHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... ORFORDVILLE AROUND 235 PM CDT... EVANSVILLE AROUND 240 PM CDT... FOOTVILLE AROUND 245 PM CDT... JANESVILLE AROUND 300 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4282 8947 4258 8946 4258 8898 4283 8900 $$ MK/WOOD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 191932 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 232 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC045-105-192000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050519T2000Z/ GREEN-ROCK- 232 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND EAST CENTRAL GREEN COUNTIES... AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRODHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ORFORDVILLE BY 240 PM CDT... FOOTVILLE BY 245 PM CDT... HANOVER BY 250 PM CDT... 6 MILES WEST OF JANESVILLE...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AFTON...7 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANFORD AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF FULTON BY 300 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4282 8947 4258 8946 4258 8898 4283 8900 $$ NJ
000 WWUS53 KMKX 191954 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 253 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC045-105-192000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050519T2000Z/ GREEN-ROCK- 253 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND EAST CENTRAL GREEN COUNTIES... AT 251 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JANESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WILL BE NEAR... JANESVILLE AND AFTON BY 258 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4282 8947 4258 8946 4258 8898 4283 8900 $$ NJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 35 min |
| May 19, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 50 min |
| May 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 39 min |
| May 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 36 min |
| May 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 46 min |
| May 19, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 27 min |
| May 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 57 min |
| May 19, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 38 min |
| May 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 64 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 55 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 38 min |
| May 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 30 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.