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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 10 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 6, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 3:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 6, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Bohners Lake, WI | 1.5 FOOT TREES SNAPPED OFF. REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE NSSL SHAVE EXPERIMENT. |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sse Waterford, WI | |
| Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Eagle Lake, WI | TREE LIMBS 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWNED. REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE NSSL SHAVE EXPERIMENT. |
| Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Se Burlington, WI | REPORTED NEAR BREVER ROAD AND WILD GOOSE LANE. REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE NSSL SHAVE EXPERIMENT. |
| Jun 6, 3:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Waterford, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT HIGHWAY 20 AND BRITTON ROAD. |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Union Grove, WI | TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE UNION GROVE AREA. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Eagle Lake, WI | REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE NSSL SHAVE EXPERIMENT. |
| Jun 6, 3:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Nw Franksville, WI | REPORTED AT HIGHWAY K AND INTERSTATE 94. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 30 | Kenosha Arpt(Kenw), WI | |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Nne Sturtevant, WI | SPOTTER LOCATION 1 W STURTEVANT LOOKING NNE. |
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 6, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMKX 061945
TORMKX
WIC059-101-062045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0011.080606T1945Z-080606T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
245 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 235 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO IN CAPRON
ILLINOIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 49 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
POWERS LAKE AND TWIN LAKES BY 250 PM CDT...
BOHNERS LAKE BY 255 PM CDT...
BROWNS LAKE BY 305 PM CDT...
EAGLE LAKE AND UNION GROVE BY 310 PM CDT...
RACINE BATTEN AIRPORT BY 325 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM OR A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK A STURDY SHELTER. IF YOU
EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR TORNADOES...PLEASE
RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO 911.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4265 8777 4249 8803 4249 8831 4284 8830
4284 8779 4283 8779 4279 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 232DEG 43KT 4253 8841
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 062003
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
303 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC059-101-062045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
RACINE WI-KENOSHA WI-
303 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KENOSHA AND RACINE COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 SOUTHEAST
OF WATERFORD ON HIGHWAY 20 AND BRITTON ROAD IN RACINE COUNTY. THIS
TORNADO WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
58 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH CAPE BY 310 PM CDT...
FRANKSVILLE...CALEDONIA...STURTEVANT AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELMWOOD PARK BY 315 PM CDT...
RACINE BATTEN AIRPORT...WIND POINT...RACINE BATTEN ARPT(KRAC) AND
RACINE BATTEN FIELD BY 320 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 4268 8778 4259 8806 4253 8831 4284 8830
4284 8779 4283 8779 4279 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 233DEG 50KT 4268 8811
$$
CRAVEN000
WWUS53 KMKX 062019
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
318 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC059-062028-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
KENOSHA WI-
318 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO RACINE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4269 8803 4267 8827 4273 8828 4284 8815
4284 8779 4280 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 233DEG 48KT 4280 8791
$$
WIC101-062045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
RACINE WI-
318 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR RACINE
COUNTY...
AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKSVILLE...OR 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF STURTEVANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM IN WESTERN RACINE
COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF WATERFORD.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 4269 8803 4267 8827 4273 8828 4284 8815
4284 8779 4280 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 233DEG 48KT 4280 8791
$$
CRAVEN000
WWUS53 KMKX 062031
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC101-062041-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
RACINE WI-
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RACINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OFFSHORE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4269 8803 4267 8827 4273 8828 4284 8815
4284 8779 4280 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 232DEG 47KT 4291 8773
$$
CRAVENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 24 days |
| Jun 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 91 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MKX | Rock | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 19 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 66 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 90 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.