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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 30, 2005Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin

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.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 11:05 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 12:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette49 min
Mar 30, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette51 min
Mar 30, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane52 min
Mar 30, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane52 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CSTTornado WarningMKXDane32 min
Mar 30, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac42 min
Mar 30, 2:50 PM CSTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane25 min
Mar 30, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge44 min
Mar 30, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac51 min
Mar 30, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge50 min
Mar 30, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMKXDodge28 min
Mar 30, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge31 min
Mar 30, 4:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac44 min
Mar 30, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson27 min
Mar 30, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac45 min
Mar 30, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan40 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock37 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.