Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2006, 6:29 PM CDT for Iowa County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- Jun 6, 2006, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iowa County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | Arena, WI | TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY C HEADING TOWARDS ARENA. |
| Jun 6, 7:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | Ridgeway, WI | |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Ridgeway, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 062330 TORMKX WIC049-111-070030- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0007.060606T2329Z-060607T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 629 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 628 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF SPRING GREEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SPRING GREEN AROUND 635 PM CDT... DODGEVILLE AROUND 720 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 4318 8986 4318 9035 4286 9037 4285 8986 $$ FOWLE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062336 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC049-111-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060607T0030Z/ SAUK WI-IOWA WI- 635 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR IOWA AND SAUK COUNTIES... AT 628 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD...WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDING FROM IT...JUST WEST OF SPRING GREEN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RIDGEWAY AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGEVILLE BY 700 PM CDT BARNEVELD BY 705 PM CDT HOLLANDALE BY 725 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4318 8986 4318 9035 4286 9037 4285 8986 $$ REM
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062355 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 650 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC111-070000- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060607T0030Z/ SAUK WI- 650 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SAUK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4315 8990 4318 9035 4286 9037 4285 8986 $$ WIC049-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060607T0030Z/ IOWA WI- 650 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR IOWA COUNTY... AT 645 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONGLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF SPRING GREEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIDGEWAY BY 700 PM CDT BARNEVELD BY 710 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ROTATION IN A SECOND THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIDGEWAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL BE 3 MILES NORTH OF HOLLANDALE AROUN 710 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4315 8990 4318 9035 4286 9037 4285 8986 $$ REM
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062357 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 657 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 WIC049-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060607T0030Z/ IOWA WI- 657 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR IOWA COUNTY... AT 649 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF SPRING GREEN ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF RIDGEWAY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RIDGEWAY BY 715 PM CDT BARNEVELD BY 725 PM CDT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLANDALE BY 730 PM CDT 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. LAT...LON 4315 8990 4318 9035 4286 9037 4285 8986 $$ REM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 66 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.