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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 27, 2006Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 3:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 563 S Waukesha, WISPOTTER REPORT AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD U AND COUNTY ROAD I.
Jul 27, 3:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 S Waukesha, WI
Jul 27, 3:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDBrookfield, WISPOTTER ON CALHOUN AND CLEVELAND LOOKING TO THE SOUTH- SOUTHWEST.
Jul 27, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaukesha, WITREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2006-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2006-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson45 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Waukesha3 hr
Jul 27, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha28 min
Jul 27, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX75 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine65 min
Jul 27, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington25 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.