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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 7:48 PM CDT for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 18, 2005, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | E East Troy, WI | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSTATE 43 AND HIGHWAY 20 JUST EAST OF EAST TROY. |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 190048 TORMKX WIC105-127-190145- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0036.050819T0048Z-050819T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 748 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF WHITEWATER...OR ABOUT NEAR MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WHITEWATER AROUND 815 PM CDT... 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 4284 8902 4280 8909 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ REM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190058 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 757 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC105-127-190145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050819T0145Z/ ROCK-WALWORTH- 757 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF WHITEWATER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LA GRANGE BY 815 PM CDT... TROY CENTER BY 830 PM CDT... EAST TROY AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF POTTER LAKE BY 840 PM CDT... THIS TORNADO MAY BE RAIN-WRAPPED AND DIFFICULT TO SEE. SEEK SHELTER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8902 4280 8909 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190111 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 810 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC105-127-190145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050819T0145Z/ ROCK-WALWORTH- 810 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WHITEWATER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LA GRANGE BY 820 PM CDT... TROY CENTER BY 840 PM CDT... EAST TROY AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTER LAKE BY 845 PM CDT... THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MAY BE 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 4284 8902 4280 8909 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190122 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 820 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC105-190130- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050819T0145Z/ ROCK- 820 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF ROCK COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR ROCK COUNTY. LAT...LON 4284 8877 4275 8876 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ WIC127-190145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050819T0145Z/ WALWORTH- 820 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH COUNTY... AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LA GRANGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEWATER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TROY CENTER...EAST TROY AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTER LAKE BY 845 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8877 4275 8876 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190133 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 831 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC127-190145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050819T0145Z/ WALWORTH- 831 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH COUNTY... AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LA GRANGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF ELKHORN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TROY CENTER BY 840 PM CDT... EAST TROY AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTER LAKE BY 845 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8877 4275 8876 4270 8832 4282 8833 $$ 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 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 63 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.