Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2006, 2:28 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2006, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:53 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Stoughton, WI | MULTIPLE PUBLIC REPORTS FROM WITHIN THE CITY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS TOWARD THE SE OF STOUGHTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 181928 TORMKX WIC025-055-182000- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0016.060618T1928Z-060618T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 228 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 226 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR STOUGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... UTICA AROUND 255 PM CDT... ALBION...BUSSEYVILLE AND ROCKDALE AROUND 300 PM CDT... 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 4298 8935 4285 8935 4284 8890 4297 8890 $$ COLLAR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMKX 181939 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 238 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 WIC025-055-182000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060618T2000Z/ JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI- 238 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 225 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 138 AND SUNRISE. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... UTICA BY 255 PM CDT ALBION...ROCKDALE AND 6 MILES WEST OF BUSSEYVILLE BY 300 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4298 8935 4285 8935 4284 8890 4297 8890 $$ COLLAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.