Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 8:52 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min. 4 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, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:02 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Waterford, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF WATERFORD ON HIGHWAY 20. |
| Aug 18, 9:34 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 N Union Grove, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND 63RD DRIVE IN YORKVILLE. |
| Aug 18, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Racine, WI | DIME SIZED HAIL LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 20 AND LATHROP ROAD. |
| Aug 18, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Racine, WI | QUARTER SIZED HAIL LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 20 AND OHIO STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 190153 TORMKX WIC101-190245- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0038.050819T0152Z-050819T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 852 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...OR ABOUT NEAR EAST TROY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ROCHESTER AROUND 905 PM CDT... WATERFORD AROUND 910 PM CDT... WIND LAKE AROUND 915 PM CDT... STURTEVANT AND RACINE AROUND 945 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 8831 4268 8830 4268 8779 4284 8783 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190208 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 906 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC101-190245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050819T0245Z/ RACINE- 906 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR RACINE COUNTY... AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIAL TORNADO NEAR WATERFORD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WIND LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EAGLE LAKE BY 915 PM CDT... NORTH CAPE AND KANSASVILLE BY 920 PM CDT... UNION GROVE BY 925 PM CDT... CALEDONIA BY 930 PM CDT... FRANKSVILLE AND STURTEVANT BY 935 PM CDT... RACINE AND ELMWOOD PARK BY 940 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8831 4268 8830 4268 8779 4284 8783 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190225 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 923 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC101-190245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050819T0245Z/ RACINE- 923 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR RACINE COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH CAPE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JUST NORTH OF UNION GROVE BY 930 PM CDT... FRANKSVILLE AND CALEDONIA BY 940 PM CDT... STURTEVANT...ELMWOOD PARK AND RACINE BY 945 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8831 4268 8830 4268 8779 4284 8783 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190236 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 933 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC101-190245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050819T0245Z/ RACINE- 933 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR RACINE COUNTY... AT 931 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD FOUR MILES NORTH OF UNION GROVE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CALEDONIA AND NORTH CAPE AREAS. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 94 AROUND 945 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4284 8831 4268 8830 4268 8779 4284 8783 $$ 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, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 35 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 |
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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.