Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 5:56 PM CDT for Green County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 7, 2007, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Green County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 7, 6:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | 5 Se Blanchardville, WI | SMALL TREE LIMBS UP TO 3/4 INCH DIAMETER BROKEN OFF. |
| Jun 7, 6:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S New Glarus, WI | A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF NEW GLARUS AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS N AND NN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 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 072256 TORMKX WIC045-065-072330- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0014.070607T2256Z-070607T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARGYLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARLINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLANCHARDVILLE BY 605 PM CDT... NEW GLARUS AND MONTICELLO BY 615 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4266 9012 4251 8997 4284 8932 4284 8983 $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 072303 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 600 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC045-065-072330- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2330Z/ GREEN-LAFAYETTE- 600 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN GREEN COUNTIES... AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOMERS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARGYLE AND JORDON CENTER BY 605 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLANCHARDVILLE BY 610 PM CDT... NEW GLARUS AND MONTICELLO BY 620 PM CDT... DAYTON BY 625 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4266 9012 4251 8997 4284 8932 4284 8983 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 072317 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 613 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC045-065-072330- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2330Z/ GREEN-LAFAYETTE- 613 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN GREEN COUNTIES... AT 611 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF ARGYLE AND WEST OF NEW GLARUS IN WESTERN GREEN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW GLARUS AND MONTICELLO BY 620 PM CDT... DAYTON BY 625 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS PUSHED EAST OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY...HOWEVER ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN JO DAVIES COUNTY AROUND STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO CLIP PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY...HENCE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4266 9012 4251 8997 4284 8932 4284 8983 $$
000 WWUS53 KMKX 072330 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 628 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC045-065-072338- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2330Z/ GREEN-LAFAYETTE- 628 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN GREEN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THE WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE NEW GLARUS AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HENCE THE TORNADO WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 4266 9012 4251 8997 4284 8932 4284 8983 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 53 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.