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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 7:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
| Aug 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 182333 TORMKX WIC047-077-190015- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0033.050818T2333Z-050819T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 633 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BERLIN AROUND 715 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 4397 8946 4384 8935 4391 8890 4401 8898 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 182351 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 650 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC077-190000- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/ MARQUETTE- 650 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF MARQUETTE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4401 8914 4385 8915 4391 8890 4401 8898 $$ WIC047-190015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/ GREEN LAKE- 650 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY... AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BERLIN BY 655 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 4401 8914 4385 8915 4391 8890 4401 8898 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190000 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 659 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC047-190015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/ GREEN LAKE- 700 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY... AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE OUT OF GREEN LAKE COUNTY BY 710 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4401 8914 4385 8915 4391 8890 4401 8898 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190008 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 708 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC047-190018- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/ GREEN LAKE- 708 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH GREEN LAKE COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 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 4401 8914 4385 8915 4391 8890 4401 8898 $$ 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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.