Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2007, 6:53 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 31, 2007, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Belmont, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON HWY 151 AND MOUND ROAD. |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Belmont, WI | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT HWY 151 AND COUNTY ROAD G. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 312353 TORMKX WIC065-010045- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0001.070331T2353Z-070401T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 653 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BELMONT... OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLATTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DARLINGTON BY 710 PM CDT... ARGYLE BY 730 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. 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 4278 9041 4258 9041 4261 8985 4281 8990 $$ MK
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010003 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 703 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC065-010045- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0045Z/ LAFAYETTE- 703 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DARLINGTON BY 710 PM CDT... LAMONT AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SOMERS BY 725 PM CDT... ARGYLE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF WOODFORD BY 730 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4278 9041 4258 9041 4261 8985 4281 8990 $$
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010017 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 717 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC065-010045- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0045Z/ LAFAYETTE- 717 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 713 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAMONT BY 725 PM CDT... SOMERS BY 735 PM CDT... ARGYLE AND WOODFORD BY 740 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 4278 9041 4258 9041 4261 8985 4281 8990 $$ ZAJDEL
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010035 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 735 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC065-010045- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0045Z/ LAFAYETTE- 735 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMONT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARGYLE AND WOODFORD BY 740 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4278 9041 4258 9041 4261 8985 4281 8990 $$ ZAJDEL
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010047 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 747 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC065-010057- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0045Z/ LAFAYETTE- 747 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4278 9041 4258 9041 4261 8985 4281 8990 $$ ZAJDEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 34 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.