Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 6:29 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Jefferson, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND GROWING LARGER 2 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON. |
| Aug 18, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Jefferson, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND GROWING LARGER 2 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON AT HIGHWAY 26 AND ROAD 106. |
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, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 182329
TORMKX
WIC055-190030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0032.050818T2329Z-050819T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
629 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
LAKE RIPLEY...OR ABOUT NEAR MCFARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
LAKE RIPLEY AROUND 645 PM CDT...
LAKE MILLS AROUND 650 PM CDT...
JOHNSON CREEK AND JEFFERSON AROUND 700 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 4300 8856 4297 8881 4297 8890 4296 8892
4296 8900 4315 8900 4315 8893 4317 8885
4320 8857 4317 8855
$$
REM3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 182338
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
638 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
WIC055-190030-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0030Z/
JEFFERSON-
638 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...
AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MCFARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE RIPLEY BY 655 PM CDT...
JEFFERSON BY 715 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTH OF HELENVILLE BY 725 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SULLIVAN BY 730 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4300 8856 4297 8881 4297 8890 4296 8892
4296 8900 4315 8900 4315 8893 4317 8885
4320 8857 4317 8855
$$
KAPELA000
WWUS53 KMKX 182354
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
653 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
WIC055-190030-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0030Z/
JEFFERSON-
653 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...
AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF UTICA
NEAR INTERSTATE 94...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS ALSO VERIFIED
THIS TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JEFFERSON BY 715 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTH OF HELENVILLE BY 725 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN BY 730 PM CDT...
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 4300 8856 4297 8881 4297 8890 4296 8892
4296 8900 4315 8900 4315 8893 4317 8885
4320 8857 4317 8855
$$
KAPELA000
WWUS53 KMKX 190004
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
703 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
WIC055-190030-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0030Z/
JEFFERSON-
703 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...
AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE RIPLEY...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF EDGERTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MILLS BY 715 PM CDT...
FORT ATKINSON BY 725 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HELENVILLE BY 730 PM CDT...
ONE-INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FORT ATKINSON AT 700 PM.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4300 8856 4297 8881 4297 8890 4296 8892
4296 8900 4315 8900 4315 8893 4317 8885
4320 8857 4317 8855
$$
KAPELAThe 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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 39 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 |
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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.