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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 23, 2006Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2006, 10:58 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 11:26 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Black Earth, WI

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2006-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1396 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2006-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 240359
TORMKX
WIC025-240500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0029.060824T0358Z-060824T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1058 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MAZOMANIE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF PRAIRIE DU
  SAC...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON 
AND PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL AT MIDDLETON WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MAZOMANIE BY 1120 PM CDT...
  BLACK EARTH BY 1130 PM CDT...
  CROSS PLAINS BY 1135 PM CDT...
  MIDDLETON AND WAUNAKEE BY 1145 PM CDT...
  VERONA...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MADISON AND MAPLE BLUFF BY 1155 PM
  CDT...
  FITCHBURG BY MIDNIGHT CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.

LAT...LON 4330 8966 4321 8982 4313 8983 4285 8945
      4285 8901 4311 8901

$$

CRAVEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 240419
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1116 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC025-240500-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060824T0500Z/
DANE WI-
1116 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR DANE
COUNTY...

AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BLACK EARTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSS PLAINS AND MIDDLETON BY 1125 PM CDT...
  VERONA AND MCFARLAND BY 1135 PM CDT...
  OREGON AND STOUGHTON BY 1145 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4330 8966 4321 8982 4313 8983 4285 8945
      4285 8901 4311 8901

$$

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, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk52 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

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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.