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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 8:42 PM CDT for Walworth 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, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 190142 TORMKX WIC127-190215- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0037.050819T0142Z-050819T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 842 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAST TROY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HONEY CREEK AROUND 855 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 8851 4273 8860 4261 8830 4284 8830 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190147 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 844 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC127-190215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050819T0215Z/ WALWORTH- 844 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH COUNTY... AT 842 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POTENTIAL TORNADO NEAR EAST TROY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE POTENTIAL TORNADO INCLUDE HONEY CREEK BY 855 PM CDT... EAST TROY BY 850 PM... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL JUST EAST OF EAST TROY AT 839 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8851 4273 8860 4261 8830 4284 8830 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190203 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 901 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC127-190215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050819T0215Z/ WALWORTH- 901 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WALWORTH COUNTY... AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIAL TORNADO. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF EAST TROY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 20...BETWEEN EAST TROY AND WATERFORD IN NORTHEAST WALWORTH COUNTY AT 9 PM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HONEY CREEK. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8851 4273 8860 4261 8830 4284 8830 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190217 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 914 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC127-190224- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050819T0215Z/ WALWORTH- 914 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS PUSHED EAST INTO RACINE COUNTY. WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER THE EAST TROY...POTTER LAKE AND WATERFORD AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. A SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS ALSO LOCATED JUST WEST OF LAKE GENEVA. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT LAKE GENEVA THROUGH 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8851 4273 8860 4261 8830 4284 8830 $$ 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, 7:48 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, 8:52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.