Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:11 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.