Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 010118 TORMKX WIC025-010145- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0007.070401T0118Z-070401T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 818 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIDDLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAUNAKEE AND MAPLE BLUFF BY 825 PM CDT... DE FOREST...WINDSOR AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUN PRAIRIE BY 835 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 4305 8962 4300 8941 4328 8912 4329 8957 $$ BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010125 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 825 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC025-010145- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070401T0145Z/ DANE- 825 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DANE COUNTY... AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WINDSOR...DE FOREST...TOKEN CREEK AND MORRISONVILLE BY 835 PM CDT... EAST BRISTOL BY 845 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4305 8962 4300 8941 4328 8912 4329 8957 $$ ZAJDEL
000 WWUS53 KMKX 010144 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 844 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 WIC025-010152- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070401T0145Z/ DANE- 844 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DANE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DANE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL DANE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT CDT. LAT...LON 4305 8962 4300 8941 4328 8912 4329 8957 $$ ZAJDEL
The 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, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 39 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, 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 |
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.