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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 18, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Lodi, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Aug 18, 6:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Dane, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 182306 TORMKX WIC021-025-182345- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0031.050818T2306Z-050818T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 606 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR LODI...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... DEFOREST AND WINDSOR AROUND 615 PM CDT... SUN PRAIRIE AROUND 625 PM CDT... FALL RIVER AROUND 635 PM CDT... COLUMBUS AND MARSHALL AROUND 640 PM CDT... DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4342 8958 4312 8962 4310 8902 4342 8900 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 182324 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 620 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC021-025-182345- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 620 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 615 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN FITCHBURG...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MONONA BY 635 PM CDT... AT 622 PM CDT...HAMS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 NORTH OF DANE...AND ANOTHER TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF LODI. THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. DEFOREST IS IN THE PATH OF THE DANE TORNADO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4342 8958 4312 8962 4310 8902 4342 8900 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 182336 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC021-025-182345- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 635 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 630 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF MCFARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL REACH THE AREA SOUTH OF COTTAGE GROVE BY 640 PM. ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED WEST OF FITCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT FAR NORTHERN DANE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4342 8958 4312 8962 4310 8902 4342 8900 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 182345 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 645 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC021-182352- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ COLUMBIA- 645 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 645 PM... THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SERVER LIMITS IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4329 8961 4312 8962 4309 8904 4323 8917 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marquette | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 36 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.