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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2006, 8:16 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 23, 2006, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Leland, WI | BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 240117 TORMKX WIC111-240215- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0024.060824T0116Z-060824T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 816 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES NORTH OF SPRING GREEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REEDSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPRING GREEN BY 855 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$ CRAVEN
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240123 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 824 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIC111-240215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060824T0215Z/ SAUK WI- 824 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SAUK COUNTY... AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILL POINT...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PLAIN BY 835 PM CDT... SPRING GREEN BY 840 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$ KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240134 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 834 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIC111-240215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060824T0215Z/ SAUK WI- 834 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SAUK COUNTY... AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPRING GREEN BY 850 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$ KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240145 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 845 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIC111-240215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060824T0215Z/ SAUK WI- 845 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SAUK COUNTY... AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILL POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PLAIN AND LELAND BY 855 PM... SPRING GREEN AND PRAIRIE DU SAC BY 905 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$ KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240201 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 900 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIC111-240215- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060824T0215Z/ SAUK WI- 900 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SAUK COUNTY... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF PLAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUK CITY ON THE WISCONSIN RIVER BY 900 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$ KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240210 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 908 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIC111-240218- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060824T0215Z/ SAUK WI- 908 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN SAUK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL EXIT SAUK COUNTY BY 915 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4353 9019 4341 9020 4316 9009 4325 8976 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 74 min |
| Aug 23, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 58 min |
| Aug 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 77 min |
| Aug 23, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 76 min |
| Aug 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 70 min |
| Aug 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 69 min |
| Aug 24, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 80 min |
| Aug 24, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine, Waukesha | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 80 min |
| Aug 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 90 min |
| Aug 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 19 min |
| Aug 24, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 18 min |
| Aug 24, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 13 min | |
| Aug 24, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 80 min |
| Aug 24, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 82 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.