Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 2:20 PM CST for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 30, 2005, 2:20 PM CST (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 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 302020 TORMKX WIC021-025-302100- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0004.050330T2020Z-050330T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 220 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN NORTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 217 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF POYNETTE...OR ABOUT NEAR DEFOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... RIO AROUND 235 PM CST... PARDEEVILLE AROUND 240 PM CST... CAMBRIA AROUND 250 PM CST... 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. LAT...LON 4326 8953 4326 8907 4362 8903 4364 8935 $$ REM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 302024 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 222 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 WIC021-025-302100- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2100Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 222 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 217 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISONVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR DEFOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POYNETTE BY 225 PM CST RIO...OTSEGO AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WYOCENA BY 240 PM CST DOYLESTOWN AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARDEEVILLE BY 245 PM CST CAMBRIA BY 255 PM CST FRIESLAND BY 300 PM CST A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF DE FOREST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4326 8953 4326 8907 4362 8903 4364 8935 $$ WOOD/HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 302048 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 247 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 WIC021-025-302100- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2100Z/ COLUMBIA-DANE- 247 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN DANE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 243 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOYLESTOWN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OTSEGO AND RIO BY 235 PM CST DOYLESTOWN BY 240 PM CST 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRIA BY 250 PM CST 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRIESLAND BY 255 PM CST AT 241 PM CST A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF DOYLESTOWN. 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. LAT...LON 4326 8953 4326 8907 4362 8903 4364 8935 $$ WOOD/HANSING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Rock | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.