Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2006, 2:52 PM CDT for Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min. 4 reports 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
- Jul 27, 2006, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2006, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | SPOTTER REPORT AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD U AND COUNTY ROAD I. |
| Jul 27, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 S Waukesha, WI | |
| Jul 27, 3:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Brookfield, WI | SPOTTER ON CALHOUN AND CLEVELAND LOOKING TO THE SOUTH- SOUTHWEST. |
| Jul 27, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waukesha, WI | TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WAUKESHA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 271953 TORMKX WIC133-272015- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0022.060727T1952Z-060727T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 252 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 248 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WAUKESHA...AT HOLIDAY ROAD AND SAYLESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAUKESHA BY 300 PM CDT... NEW BERLIN AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKFIELD BY 315 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 4308 8840 4296 8838 4294 8814 4309 8811 $$ COLLAR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272006 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 306 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 WIC133-272015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060727T2015Z/ WAUKESHA WI- 306 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR WAUKESHA COUNTY... AT 248 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED AT HOLIDAY ROAD AND SAYLESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW BERLIN AND BROOKFIELD BY 315 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4308 8840 4296 8838 4294 8814 4309 8811 $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 75 min | |
| Jul 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | 25 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.