Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2007, 7:21 PM CDT for Sauk 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
- Mar 31, 2007, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 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 010021
TORMKX
WIC111-010100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0004.070401T0021Z-070401T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
721 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 36 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEST BARABOO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF DODGEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BARABOO AND WEST BARABOO BY 750 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 4319 9019 4320 8988 4333 8972 4350 8961
4354 9016
$$
MK3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 010029
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
729 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
WIC111-010100-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070401T0100Z/
SAUK-
729 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...
AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAIN...OR ABOUT
16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LELAND BY 735 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOGANVILLE BY 740 PM CDT...
NORTH FREEDOM AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK SPRINGS BY 745 PM
CDT...
WEST BARABOO BY 750 PM CDT...
BARABOO BY 755 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4319 9019 4320 8988 4333 8972 4350 8961
4354 9016
$$
ZAJDEL000
WWUS53 KMKX 010043
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
742 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
WIC111-010100-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070401T0100Z/
SAUK-
742 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...
AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LELAND...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF PRAIRIE DU SAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH FREEDOM AND ROCK SPRINGS BY 750 PM CDT...
WEST BARABOO AND BARABOO BY 755 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 4319 9019 4320 8988 4333 8972 4350 8961
4354 9016
$$
ZAJDEL000
WWUS53 KMKX 010051
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
750 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
WIC111-010100-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070401T0100Z/
SAUK-
750 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SAUK
COUNTY...
AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LELAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF PRAIRIE DU SAC...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF BARABOO AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST BARABOO BY
800 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4319 9019 4320 8988 4333 8972 4350 8961
4354 9016
$$
ZAJDELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 45 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.