Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 31, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 312356 TORMKX WIC049-010030- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0002.070331T2356Z-070401T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 656 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COBB...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINERAL POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL IOWA COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT RURAL NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY AT 720 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 4299 9043 4285 9042 4305 9004 4319 9025 $$ BORGHOFF
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010006 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 705 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC049-010030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070401T0030Z/ IOWA- 705 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY... AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COBB...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINERAL POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4299 9043 4285 9042 4305 9004 4319 9025 $$
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010020 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 718 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC049-010030- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070401T0030Z/ IOWA- 718 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY... AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDMUND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF DODGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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 4299 9043 4285 9042 4305 9004 4319 9025 $$ ZAJDEL
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010034 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 733 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC049-010043- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070401T0030Z/ IOWA- 733 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4299 9043 4285 9042 4305 9004 4319 9025 $$ ZAJDEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 52 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.