Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 2:04 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 3, 2007, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 2:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Cedarburg, WI | UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD I ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF CEDARBURG. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 031905 TORMKX WIC089-131-031945- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.070603T1904Z-070603T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 204 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CEDARBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRAFTON BY 210 PM CDT... NEWBURG BY 220 PM CDT... SAUKVILLE BY 225 PM CDT... FREDONIA BY 240 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 4349 8812 4321 8810 4321 8791 4353 8788 $$ FOWLE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 031919 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 218 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 WIC089-131-031945- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070603T1945Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- 218 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR OZAUKEE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEWBURG BY 225 PM CDT... SAUKVILLE BY 235 PM CDT... 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FILLMORE BY 240 PM CDT... FREDONIA AND WAUBEKA BY 245 PM CDT... A TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF WEST BEND MOVING EAST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4349 8812 4321 8810 4321 8791 4353 8788 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 031926 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 225 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 WIC089-131-031945- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070603T1945Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- 225 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR OZAUKEE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 215 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD I NEAR CEDARBURG. AT 225 PM...RADAR INDICATED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SAUKVILLE BY 230 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUBEKA BY 240 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREDONIA BY 245 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 4349 8812 4321 8810 4321 8791 4353 8788 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 031941 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 242 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 WIC089-131-031949- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070603T1945Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- 242 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OZAUKEE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 245 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 245 PM. STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS OR BRIEF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 4349 8812 4321 8810 4321 8791 4353 8788 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:48 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 9 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane | 95 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane | 2 hr |
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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.