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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 25, 2005Dodge County, Wisconsin

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 5:52 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Reeseville, WIHAM 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

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, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth14 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

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.