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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 25, 2005Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 3:09 PM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 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, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2005, 3:23 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1108 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 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 252010
TORMKX
WIC127-252115-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0023.050725T2009Z-050725T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
309 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  ELKHORN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELAVAN LAKE...MOVING      
  EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT
  A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NORTHEAST OF CLINTON OVER WALWORTH COUNTY. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELKHORN 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.

LAT...LON 4272 8877 4260 8877 4262 8847 4276 8848

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 252023
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
321 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

WIC127-252031-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/
WALWORTH-
321 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A DISSIPATION
OF THE ROTATION. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS WALWORTH
COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM.   

LAT...LON 4272 8877 4260 8877 4262 8847 4276 8848

$$

GEHRING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa38 min
Jul 25, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock47 min
Jul 25, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock34 min
Jul 25, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock36 min
Jul 25, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock42 min
Jul 25, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock36 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth54 min
Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane45 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia26 min
Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge30 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.