Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2006, 5:01 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports 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
- May 27, 2006, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2006, 5:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Columbia County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 N Portage, WI | |
| May 27, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Portage, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 272201 TORMKX WIC021-272245- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0006.060527T2201Z-060527T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 501 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PORTAGE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY AROUND 520 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 SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4354 8957 4345 8937 4363 8909 4364 8947 $$ MK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272206 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 505 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 WIC021-272245- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060527T2245Z/ COLUMBIA WI- 505 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY... AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PARDEEVILLE BY 510 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4354 8957 4345 8937 4363 8909 4364 8947 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272224 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 523 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 WIC021-272233- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060527T2245Z/ COLUMBIA WI- 523 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4354 8957 4345 8937 4363 8909 4364 8947 $$ HANSING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.