Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 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 18, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2006, 3:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 182002
TORMKX
WIC025-055-105-182030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0017.060618T2000Z-060618T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
EXTREME SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
EXTREME SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EDGERTON...OR ABOUT NEAR STOUGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
EDGERTON AROUND 310 PM CDT...
JANESVILLE AND BELOIT AROUND 325 PM CDT...
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
DANE COUNTY AND THIS ASSOCIATED STORM WILL GRAZE NORTHERN ROCK
COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS ACROSS ROCK COUNTY COULD PRODUCE A
TORNADO AS WELL.
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 4291 8919 4250 8910 4251 8878 4283 8878
4289 8887
$$
COLLAR2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 182012
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
WIC025-182021-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060618T2030Z/
DANE WI-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF DANE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4283 8904 4250 8910 4251 8878 4283 8878
4289 8887
$$
WIC055-105-182030-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060618T2030Z/
ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
311 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON AND ROCK COUNTIES...
AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILTON...OR ABOUT NEAR EDGERTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
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 4283 8904 4250 8910 4251 8878 4283 8878
4289 8887
$$
COLLAR000
WWUS53 KMKX 182021
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
321 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
WIC025-055-105-182031-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060618T2030Z/
ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
321 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST DANE...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON AND ROCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS THE AREA AND RADAR INDICATES THESE
STORMS NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
LAT...LON 4291 8919 4250 8910 4251 8878 4283 8878
4289 8887
$$
COLLARThe 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, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 32 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.