Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 3:01 PM CST for Columbia County, Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 302103 TORMKX WIC021-027-302145- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0006.050330T2101Z-050330T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 301 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 345 PM CST * AT 257 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAMBRIA... OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... RANDOLPH AROUND 310 PM CST... BEAVER DAM AROUND 320 PM CST... JUNEAU AROUND 330 PM CST... HUSTISFORD AROUND 335 PM CST... A SECOND STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. 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 4353 8930 4326 8914 4333 8858 4363 8882 $$ REM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 302114 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 311 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 WIC021-027-302145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050330T2145Z/ COLUMBIA-DODGE- 311 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR DODGE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COLUMBUS AND FALL RIVER BY 315 PM CST DANVILLE BY 320 PM CST SOUTH BEAVER DAM AND LEIPSIG BY 335 PM CST BEAVER DAM BY 340 PM CST BURNETT AND 6 MILES WEST OF MINNESOTA JUNCTION BY 345 PM CST AT 310 PM CST A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALL RIVER. A SECOND STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF FOX LAKE. THE STORM WILL AFFECT FAR NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4353 8930 4326 8914 4333 8858 4363 8882 $$ WOOD/HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 302133 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 WIC021-027-302145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050330T2145Z/ COLUMBIA-DODGE- 330 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR DODGE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 327 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DANVILLE AND FALL RIVER BY 320 PM CST 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF REESEVILLE BY 330 PM CST LOWELL BY 335 PM CST LEIPSIG AND SOUTH BEAVER DAM BY 340 PM CST BEAVER DAM...7 MILES WEST OF JUNEAU...7 MILES WEST OF MINNESOTA JUNCTION AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNETT BY 345 PM CST AT 324 PM CST A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALL RIVER. 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 4353 8930 4326 8914 4333 8858 4363 8882 $$ 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, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 40 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, 3:24 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.