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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2007Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 1, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 4:23 PM CDT
In force
39 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 012044
TORMKX
WIC049-012145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0012.070601T2044Z-070601T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
344 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL POINT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF DARLINGTON...
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MINERAL POINT BY 400 PM CDT...
  DODGEVILLE BY 410 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 4282 9040 4282 9011 4314 8996 4319 9040

$$

GEHRING
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 012056
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
354 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

WIC049-012145-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2145Z/
IOWA-
354 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR IOWA
COUNTY...

AT 345 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
DARLINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 
SOUTH OF MINERAL POINT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MINERAL POINT AT 400 PM CDT... 
  DODGEVILLE...EDMUND AND 8 MILES EAST OF COBB BY 410 PM CDT...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

LAT...LON 4282 9040 4282 9011 4314 8996 4319 9040

$$
MBK
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 012111
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

WIC049-012145-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2145Z/
IOWA-
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR IOWA
COUNTY...

AT 406 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM STILL 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN CENTRAL IOWA COUNTY NEAR 
EDMUND...JUST WEST OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DODGEVILLE AND EDMUND RIGHT NOW...
  CLYDE...WYOMING...AND THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK AROUND 420 PM CDT...

TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.  
SEEK SAFE SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4282 9040 4282 9011 4314 8996 4319 9040

$$
MBK
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 012123
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
421 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

WIC049-012131-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2145Z/
IOWA-
421 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR IOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS OVER IOWA 
COUNTY.  HENCE THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR IOWA 
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CLYDE AND EDMUND...MOVING TO 
THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4282 9040 4282 9011 4314 8996 4319 9040

$$
MBK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:11 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more11 hr
Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette67 min
Jun 1, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen57 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane31 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen57 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock51 min

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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.