Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 5:19 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Columbia County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sw Columbus, WI | REPORTED AT COUNTY HIGHWAY V AND HIGHWAY 151...LOOKING NORTHEAST. |
| Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sw Columbus, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 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 252220 TORMKX WIC021-252245- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0025.050725T2219Z-050725T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 519 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFOREST...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COLUMBUS AND FALL RIVER AROUND 535 PM CDT... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. 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. LAT...LON 4343 8933 4329 8926 4329 8901 4349 8901 $$ HENTZ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252225 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 522 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-252245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050725T2245Z/ COLUMBIA- 522 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY... AT 520 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE FOREST IN COLUMBIA COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FALL RIVER BY 530 PM CDT... COLUMBUS BY 535 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4341 8924 4329 8926 4329 8901 4343 8901 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252234 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 533 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-252245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050725T2245Z/ COLUMBIA- 533 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY... AT 526 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COLUMBUS BY 540 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4342 8918 4329 8918 4329 8901 4343 8901 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252244 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 543 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC021-252253- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050725T2245Z/ COLUMBIA- 543 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4342 8918 4329 8918 4329 8901 4343 8901 $$ HANSING
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, 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, 5:36 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.