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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 23, 2006Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 23, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2006, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
52 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 23, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 240338
TORMKX
WIC111-240430-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0028.060824T0338Z-060824T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1038 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF REEDSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOGANVILLE BY 1045 PM CDT...
  ROCK SPRINGS BY 1050 PM CDT...
  NORTH FREEDOM BY 1055 PM CDT...
  LELAND BY 1100 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4355 9002 4349 9019 4337 9019 4319 8990
      4335 8969

$$

CRAVEN
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 240345
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1045 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC111-240430-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060824T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1045 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
HILL POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOGANVILLE BY 1050 PM CDT...
  ROCK SPRINGS BY 1055 PM CDT...
  NORTH FREEDOM BY 1105 PM CDT...
  LELAND BY 1110 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4355 9002 4349 9019 4337 9019 4319 8990
      4335 8969

$$

KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 240357
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1055 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC111-240430-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060824T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1055 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...

AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LOGANVILLE AND HILL POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND AND PLAIN BY 1110PM CDT...
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4355 9002 4349 9019 4337 9019 4319 8990
      4335 8969

$$

KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 240406
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1105 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC111-240430-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060824T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1105 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...

AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 
MILES SOUTH OF LELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAIRIE DU SAC BY 1130 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4355 9002 4349 9019 4337 9019 4319 8990
      4335 8969

$$

KAPELA/SPEICHER
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 240424
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1124 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC111-240433-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060824T0430Z/
SAUK WI-
1124 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SAUK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1130 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SAUK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM OVERNIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT 
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4355 9002 4349 9019 4337 9019 4319 8990
      4335 8969

$$

KAPELA/SPEICHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk74 min
Aug 23, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk59 min
Aug 23, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Iowa58 min
Aug 23, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette64 min
Aug 23, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk62 min
Aug 23, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Iowa77 min
Aug 23, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk76 min
Aug 23, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane62 min
Aug 23, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane47 min
Aug 24, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock70 min
Aug 24, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette69 min
Aug 24, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane80 min
Aug 24, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine, Waukesha58 min
Aug 24, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge80 min
Aug 24, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson41 min
Aug 24, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock90 min
Aug 24, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen19 min
Aug 24, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk39 min
Aug 24, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane40 min
Aug 24, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock45 min
Aug 24, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk50 min
Aug 24, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock45 min
Aug 24, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk49 min
Aug 24, 5:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane53 min
Aug 24, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson36 min
Aug 24, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha18 min
Aug 24, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX13 min
Aug 24, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk80 min
Aug 24, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette53 min
Aug 24, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen31 min
Aug 24, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXKenosha, Racine3 hr
Aug 24, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX82 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.