Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 5:36 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:52 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Reeseville, WI | HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A DYING FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF REESVILLE. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 252237 TORMKX WIC027-252315- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0026.050725T2236Z-050725T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 536 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BEAVER DAM AROUND 555 PM CDT... JUNEAU AROUND 605 PM CDT... HORICON AROUND 610 PM CDT... HUSTISFORD AROUND 615 PM CDT... TRAINED SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. 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 4349 8900 4325 8900 4325 8857 4350 8858 $$ HENTZ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252242 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 541 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC027-252315- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ DODGE- 541 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DODGE COUNTY... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LOWELL...LEIPSIG AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER DAM BY 550 PM CDT... CLYMAN BY 555 PM CDT... JUNEAU AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MINNESOTA JUNCTION BY 600 PM CDT... HUSTISFORD AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HORICON BY 605 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4347 8900 4329 8900 4326 8857 4350 8859 $$
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252257 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC027-252315- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ DODGE- 556 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DODGE COUNTY... AT 552 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DISSIPATING FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES NORTH OF REESEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HORICON...MINNESOTA JUNCTION AND HUSTISFORD BY 605 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4347 8900 4329 8900 4326 8857 4350 8859 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 252306 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 606 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC027-252316- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ DODGE- 606 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE ROTATION PREVIOUSLY DETECTED ON DOPPLER RADAR HAS WEAKEND AND THE STORM HAS FALLEN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4347 8900 4329 8900 4326 8857 4350 8859 $$ 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, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 26 min |
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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.