Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 3:27 PM CDT for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 4:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 192027 TORMKX WIC105-127-192100- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0015.050519T2027Z-050519T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLINTON... OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... DARIEN AROUND 335 PM CDT... DELAVAN LAKE AROUND 345 PM CDT... WALWORTH AND ELKHORN AROUND 350 PM CDT... FONTANA-ON-GENEVA LAKE AND WILLIAMS BAY AROUND 355 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 4267 8899 4250 8898 4250 8853 4268 8853 $$ MK/WOOD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192036 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 333 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC105-127-192100- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050519T2100Z/ ROCK-WALWORTH- 333 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OR PRODUDING A TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR CLYDE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF DELAVAN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DARIEN BY 340 PM CDT... DELAVAN LAKE BY 345 PM CDT... WALWORTH AND FONTANA BY 350 PM CDT... FONTANA-ON-GENEVA LAKE AND WILLIAMS BAY BY 355 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4267 8899 4250 8898 4250 8853 4268 8853 $$ AFK/NJ
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192103 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 403 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC105-127-192113- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050519T2100Z/ ROCK-WALWORTH- 403 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALWORTH AND SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4267 8899 4250 8898 4250 8853 4268 8853 $$ AFK/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, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 31 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.