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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 1:17 PM CDT for 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 1:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 041817 TORMKX WIC055-041900- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0019.050604T1817Z-050604T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 117 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT ATKINSON...OR ABOUT NEAR EDGERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... JEFFERSON AROUND 130 PM CDT... JOHNSON CREEK AROUND 135 PM CDT... WATERTOWN AROUND 145 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. LAT...LON 4287 8900 4286 8857 4319 8853 4321 8899 $$ REM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 041828 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 128 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC055-041900- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050604T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- 128 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT ATKINSON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JOHNSON CREEK...MILFORD AND HELENVILLE BY 135 PM CDT... 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUBBLETON BY 140 PM CDT... PIPERSVILLE...WATERTOWN AND IXONIA BY 145 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4287 8900 4286 8857 4319 8853 4321 8899 $$ EISE
000 WWUS53 KMKX 041850 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC055-041858- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050604T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ROTATION WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4287 8900 4286 8857 4319 8853 4321 8899 $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 63 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 7 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 92 min | |
| Jun 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 45 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.