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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. 7 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, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 8:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Fort Atkinson, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED TO BE ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND WEST OF FORT ATKINSON. |
| Aug 18, 7:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | Fort Atkinson, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT ROADS 106 AND SCHWIMMER ROAD. |
| 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. |
| Aug 18, 7:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Se Fort Atkinson, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD ALMOST REACHING THE GROUND NEAR COLD SPRING. |
| Aug 18, 7:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Fort Atkinson, WI | MANY SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Aug 18, 8:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Fort Atkinson, WI | A COUPLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF FORT ATKINSON AT NORTH SHORE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 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, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 190015 TORMKX WIC025-055-190115- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0035.050819T0015Z-050819T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 715 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF EDGERTON... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FORT ATKINSON AROUND 750 PM CDT... JEFFERSON AROUND 755 PM CDT... PALMYRA AROUND 815 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 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ REM
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190022 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 722 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 722 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 715 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF FORT ATKINSON AT 715 PM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON BY 730 PM... ROME BY 735 PM... DEBRIS WAS FALLING OUT OF THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM AS FAR EAST AS THE NWS WEATHER OFFICE IN EAST-CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY. RESIDENTS ALONG HIGHWAY 106 AND CI IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK/AFK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190030 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 728 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 728 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 728 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AT LEAST A COUPLE TORNADOES. ONE WAS JUST NORTH OF FORT ATKINSON...AND ANOTHER ONE ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF FORT ATKINSON. THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON BY 745 PM CDT... ROME BY 755 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190035 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 735 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 735 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 735 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF FORT ATKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON BY 740 PM CDT... HEBRON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HELENVILLE BY 800 PM CDT... ROME AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN BY 815 PM CDT... SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON AT 730 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190040 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 739 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 740 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FORT ATKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HELENVILLE BY 800 PM CDT... ROME BY 810 PM CDT... JUST NORTH OF PALMYRA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN BY 815 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190047 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 746 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 746 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF FORT ATKINSON...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF HELENVILLE BY 755 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROME BY 800 PM CDT... PALMYRA AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN BY 805 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK/AFK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190052 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 752 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON-DANE- 752 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT ATKINSON...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PALMYRA BY 800 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 4303 8913 4286 8914 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190054 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 753 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC025-190103- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ DANE- 753 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF DANE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4304 8899 4286 8899 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ WIC055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON- 753 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEBRON...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PALMYRA BY 800 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 4304 8899 4286 8899 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190100 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 759 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC055-190115- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON- 759 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEBRON...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PALMYRA BY 810 PM CDT... THIS TORNADO IS RAIN WRAPPED AND DIFFICULT TO SEE. SEEK SHELTER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4304 8899 4286 8899 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190118 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 815 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC055-190125- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ JEFFERSON- 815 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... THE STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO THE POINT THAT IT PROBABLY WILL NOT PRODUCE ANY ADDITONAL TORNADOES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 9 OR 930 PM...AND COULD PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND HAIL. 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 4304 8899 4286 8899 4285 8855 4304 8855 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 18, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 57 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.