Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2006, 7:51 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 190051 TORMKX WIC117-190130- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0018.060619T0051Z-060619T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 751 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOWARDS GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HOWARDS GROVE AROUND 810 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 4390 8799 4382 8795 4380 8771 4389 8773 $$ COLLAR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190102 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 801 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 WIC117-190130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060619T0130Z/ SHEBOYGAN WI- 801 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY... AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWARDS GROVE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAVEN BY 810 PM CDT A LARGE ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN HOWARDS GROVE BY A NWS COOP OBSERVER AT 800 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4390 8799 4382 8795 4380 8771 4389 8773 $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190119 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 818 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 WIC117-190130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060619T0130Z/ SHEBOYGAN WI- 818 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST SHEBOYGAN COUNTY... AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAVEN...OR ABOUT NEAR SHEBOYGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHEBOYGAN COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS CITIZEN REPORTS OF FUNNELS NORTH OF THE CITY OF SHEBOYGAN. AN AMBULANCE CREW REPORTED THE SAME. NO TOUCHDOWNS OR DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME. 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 4390 8799 4382 8795 4380 8771 4389 8773 $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190128 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 826 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 WIC117-190136- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060619T0130Z/ SHEBOYGAN WI- 827 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND IS WEAKENING. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED. LAT...LON 4390 8799 4382 8795 4380 8771 4389 8773 $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 87 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.