Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 2:59 PM CDT for Rock 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
- May 19, 2005, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 191958 TORMKX WIC105-192030- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0014.050519T1959Z-050519T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 259 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FOOTVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JANESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... JANESVILLE AROUND 310 PM CDT... MILTON AROUND 315 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 4281 8922 4259 8923 4254 8878 4280 8879 $$ MK/WOOD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192007 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 304 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC105-192030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050519T2030Z/ ROCK- 304 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR HWY. 14 AND MILWAUKEE STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF JANESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUD MAY HAVE TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WILL BE NEAR... SHOPIERE BY 310 PM CDT... AVALON...EMERALD GROVE AND TIFFANY BY 315 PM CDT... JOHNSTOWN CENTER...CLYDE AND CLINTON BY 320 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4281 8922 4259 8923 4254 8878 4280 8879 $$ NJ
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192024 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 322 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC105-192030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050519T2030Z/ ROCK- 322 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY... AT 321 PM CDT...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF JANESVILLE NEAR HWY 11 AND D. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED. 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 4281 8922 4259 8923 4254 8878 4280 8879 $$ 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, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 32 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, 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 |
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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.