Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2005, 3:53 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 4:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 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 192054 TORMKX WIC025-055-192130- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0017.050519T2053Z-050519T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 353 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARSHALL... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... WATERLOO AND LAKE MILLS 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 4320 8914 4302 8917 4304 8881 4319 8881 $$ MK/WOOD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192111 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 409 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC025-055-192130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050519T2130Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 409 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN DANE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUBBLETON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE AREA FROM WATERLOO TO HUBBLETON WILL EXPERIENCE THIS SEVERE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO THROUGH ABOUT 430 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4320 8914 4302 8917 4304 8881 4319 8881 $$ AFK/NJ
000 WWUS53 KMKX 192126 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 424 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 WIC025-055-192134- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050519T2130Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 424 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DANE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE RESPONSIBLE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE WEATHER LIMITS AND IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. AT 425 PM IT WAS LOCATED EAST OF WATERLOO...MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WERE OVER DANE COUNTY...MOVING EAST TOWARD JEFFERSON COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. THEY WILL ARRIVE AFTER 445 PM. LAT...LON 4320 8914 4302 8917 4304 8881 4319 8881 $$ 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, 3:27 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, 3:56 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.