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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 19, 2005Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 3:33 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
27 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 192033
TORMKX
WIC105-192100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0016.050519T2033Z-050519T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
333 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWEST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  ORFORDVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR BRODHEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  JANESVILLE AROUND 350 PM CDT...
  BELOIT AROUND 400 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 8935 4251 8935 4250 8896 4268 8895

$$

MK/WOOD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 192100
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
357 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

WIC105-192100-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050519T2100Z/
ROCK-
357 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROCK
COUNTY...

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED IN THE BELOIT AREA...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL EXIT ROCK COUNTY SOUTH OF CLINTON BY AROUND 
400 PM.

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 8935 4251 8935 4250 8896 4268 8895

$$

AFK/NJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green35 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen, Rock32 min
May 19, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen50 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane39 min
May 19, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock31 min
May 19, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock, Walworth36 min
May 19, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock46 min
May 19, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane44 min
May 19, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia57 min
May 19, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson33 min
May 19, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette38 min
May 19, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane64 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock55 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson44 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock38 min
May 19, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen30 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.