Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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
- May 24, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Iowa County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 242247 TORMKX WIC049-242315- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0005.060524T2246Z-060524T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 546 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DODGEVILLE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BARNEVELD AND ARENA AROUND 555 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4315 9020 4291 9019 4298 8985 4319 8987 $$ FOWLE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 242258 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 557 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 WIC049-242315- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060524T2315Z/ IOWA WI- 557 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR IOWA COUNTY... AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGEWAY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL EXTEND NORTH AND SOUTH FROM RIDGEWAY...ALSO MOVING EAST. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4315 9020 4291 9019 4298 8985 4319 8987 $$ KAPELA
000 WWUS53 KMKX 242313 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 613 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 WIC049-242315- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060524T2315Z/ IOWA WI- 613 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR IOWA COUNTY... AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNEVELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MOUNT HOREB...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING AS THE STORM APPROACHES DANE COUNTY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4315 9020 4291 9019 4298 8985 4319 8987 $$ KAPELA
000
WWUS53 KMKX 242332
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
630 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
WIC021-025-250015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060525T0015Z/
COLUMBIA WI-DANE WI-
630 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR COLUMBIA AND DANE COUNTIES...
AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PORTAGE SOUTH
TO DEFOREST TO MADISON TO BELLEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
BY 645 PM...THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE REACHED A LINE FROM
FRIESLAND TO COLUMBUS TO STOUGHTON.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE SEVERE
STORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4322 8978 4328 8971 4335 8970 4338 8960
4344 8959 4355 8959 4357 8962 4357 8972
4363 8973 4363 8973 4361 8903 4287 8903
4289 8981
$$
KAPELAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 72 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 71 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.