Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2006, 8:18 PM CDT for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 6, 2006, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2006, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Green County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 070118 TORMKX WIC045-070215- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.060607T0118Z-060607T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 818 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW GLARUS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF VERONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MONTICELLO AROUND 830 PM CDT... ALBANY AROUND 855 PM CDT... BRODHEAD AROUND 915 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 4286 8960 4286 8982 4254 8937 4279 8936 $$ FOWLE/CRAVEN
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 070140 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC045-070215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060607T0215Z/ GREEN WI- 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR GREEN COUNTY... AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF EVANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALBANY BY 845 PM CDT BRODHEAD BY 905 PM CDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4286 8960 4286 8982 4254 8937 4279 8936 $$ REM
000 WWUS53 KMKX 070154 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 854 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC045-070215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060607T0215Z/ GREEN WI- 854 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR GREEN COUNTY... AT 845 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRODHEAD BY 905 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 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4286 8960 4286 8982 4254 8937 4279 8936 $$ REM
000 WWUS53 KMKX 070205 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 904 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC045-070214- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060607T0215Z/ GREEN WI- 904 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS IN GREEN COUNTY NEAR MONTICELLO AND ALBANY NO LONGER SHOW ROTATION AND HAE WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4286 8960 4286 8982 4254 8937 4279 8936 $$ REM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 45 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.