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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 25, 2005Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2005, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2005, 4:30 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 N Milton, WI	REPORTED AT COUNTY HIGHWAY N AND HIGHWAY 26.
Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Milton, WI
Jul 25, 4:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Milton, WI	THREE BARNS DOWN...AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR GODFREY ROAD BETWEEN VICKERMAN ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD KK IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LIMA.
Jul 25, 4:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Milton, WI	ESTIMATED WINDS.
Jul 25, 4:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Milton, WI	6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 25, 4:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Whitewater, WI	TREES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET IN DIAMETER DOWN ON COUNTY HIGHWAY N FROM 4 MILES WEST OF WHITEWATER TO JUST WEST OF WHITEWATER.
Jul 25, 4:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Milton, WI	TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROADS N AND KK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 252055
TORMKX
WIC105-252130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0024.050725T2054Z-050725T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MILTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.


LAT...LON 4284 8903 4271 8905 4269 8877 4284 8877

$$

HENTZ/MK

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 252101
SVSMKX

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

WIC105-252130-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050725T2130Z/
ROCK-
400 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY...

AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
MILTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
INDICATED COUNTY. VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES MAY FALL WITH
THIS STORM ALONG WITH 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS. 

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4284 8903 4275 8901 4268 8878 4284 8877

$$

GEHRING

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 252113
SVSMKX

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

WIC105-252130-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050725T2130Z/
ROCK-
412 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY...

AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
JUST EAST OF MILTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4284 8898 4275 8895 4271 8877 4284 8877

$$

GEHRING

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 252126
SVSMKX

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

WIC105-252136-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050725T2130Z/
ROCK-
426 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR NO LONGER DETECTS ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND THE 
STORM WILL EXIT THE COUNTY AT 430 PM. 

LAT...LON 4284 8898 4275 8895 4271 8877 4284 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, 2:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	36 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.