Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 10:21 PM CST for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2006, 10:21 PM CST (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 10:46 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1064 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 130420 TORMKX WIC105-127-130500- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0001.060313T0421Z-060313T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1021 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1100 PM CST * AT 1017 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLINTON... OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... DARIEN AROUND 1035 PM CST... DELAVAN LAKE AROUND 1040 PM CST... ELKHORN AROUND 1050 PM CST... EAST TROY AROUND 1100 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. 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 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4253 8901 4250 8870 4282 8831 4283 8877 $$ ZAJDEL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 130428 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1026 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 WIC105-127-130500- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060313T0500Z/ ROCK WI-WALWORTH WI- 1026 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 1025 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION POSSIBLY INDICATING A TORNADO NEAR ALLENS GROVE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DELAVAN LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DARIEN BY 1035 PM CST DELAVAN LAKE BY 1045 PM CST WILLIAMS BAY BY 1050 PM CST ELKHORN...COMO AND TIBBETS BY 1055 PM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4251 8933 4250 8835 4282 8831 4282 8932 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 130446 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1045 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 WIC105-127-130452- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060313T0500Z/ ROCK WI-WALWORTH WI- 1045 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES. HENCE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES AT 1045 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE EAST TROY...JANESVILLE...WHITEWATER... DELAVAN AND ELKHORN AREAS THROUGH 1115 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM. LAT...LON 4251 8933 4250 8835 4282 8831 4282 8932 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 114 min |
| Mar 13, 10:32 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 10 more | 10 hr |
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.