Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 2:39 PM CDT for Rock 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 251938 TORMKX WIC105-252015- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0022.050725T1939Z-050725T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 239 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JANESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... JANESVILLE AROUND 245 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 4263 8911 4255 8899 4262 8879 4281 8885 $$ GEHRING
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 251942 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 242 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC105-252015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050725T2015Z/ ROCK- 242 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 242 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF JANESVILLE. THE ROTATING WALL CLOUD IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY MOMENT. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EMERALD GROVE AND AVALON BY 250 PM CDT... JOHNSTOWN CENTER BY 300 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4263 8911 4255 8899 4259 8878 4278 8885 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 251951 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 251 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC105-252015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050725T2015Z/ ROCK- 251 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERALD GROVE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A ROTATING WALL CLOUD CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JOHNSTOWN CENTER BY 255 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 4267 8899 4257 8893 4259 8878 4278 8878 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252004 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 303 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC105-252015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050725T2015Z/ ROCK- 303 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSTOWN CENTER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF JANESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4271 8891 4263 8886 4263 8877 4277 8877 $$
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252013 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 312 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC105-252022- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050725T2015Z/ ROCK- 312 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4271 8891 4263 8886 4263 8877 4277 8877 $$ GEHRING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 14 min |
| Jul 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 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.