Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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 26, 2006, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 262336 TORMKX WIC105-270000- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0030.060826T2335Z-060827T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 632 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE WATCHING A VERY WEAK TORNADO JUST 2 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AND CLYDE BY 645 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 4258 8900 4250 8897 4250 8875 4263 8877 $$ DAVIS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 262340 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 638 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 WIC105-270000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-060827T0000Z/ ROCK WI- 638 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 636 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING PERSISTENT FUNNELS AROUND THE CLINTON AREA. PERIODICALLY THESE HAVE BECOME VERY WEAK TORNADOES AS THEY TOUCH DOWN IN OPEN AREAS. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. AGAIN...THESE ARE VERY WEAK TORNADOES AND ARE NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AND CLYDE BY 650 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4258 8900 4250 8897 4250 8875 4263 8878 $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS53 KMKX 262343 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 642 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 WIC105-270000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-060827T0000Z/ ROCK WI- 642 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY... AT 641 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING PERSISTENT FUNNELS AROUND THE CLINTON AREA. PERIODICALLY THESE HAVE BECOME VERY WEAK TORNADOES AS THEY TOUCH DOWN IN OPEN AREAS. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. AGAIN...THESE ARE VERY WEAK TORNADOES AND ARE NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AND CLYDE BY 650 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. LAT...LON 4258 8900 4250 8897 4250 8875 4263 8878 $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS53 KMKX 270005 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 703 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 WIC105-270013- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-060827T0000Z/ ROCK WI- 703 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 700 PM CDT... THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF WEAK TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CONTINUED CLOUD ROTATION WITH THE WEAK THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELOIT. FUNNELS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...BUT THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THIS AREA FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS. LAT...LON 4258 8900 4250 8897 4250 8875 4263 8878 $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 5 hr |
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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.