Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
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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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 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.