Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2007, 6:24 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2007, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 262325 TORMKX WIC065-270000- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0010.070526T2324Z-070527T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 624 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF PLATTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF BELMONT BY 640 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF SHULLSBURG BY 650 PM CDT... 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 4273 9042 4253 9042 4256 9013 4281 9018 $$ HENTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 262347 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 646 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 WIC065-270000- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070527T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE- 646 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHULLSBURG...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY AT 700 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 4273 9042 4253 9042 4256 9013 4281 9018 $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS53 KMKX 270001 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 659 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 WIC065-270009- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070527T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE- 659 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 659 PM RADAR INDICATED THE STORM NEAR DARLINGTON WAS WEAKENING...AND SO WAS THE ROTATION. SO FAR...NO TOUCHDOWNS OR FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. AS A RESULT THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4273 9042 4253 9042 4256 9013 4281 9018 $$ HENTZ
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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.