Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 3:03 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 3:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | Oak Creek, WI | MEASURED AT OAK CREEK SAINT MATTHEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Creek, WI | A FEW CABLE WIRES BLOWN DOWN/DAMAGED. |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Oak Creek, WI | HEAVY RAIN AND AT LEAST 50 MPH WINDS...AT CHICAGO ROAD AND JUST SOUTH OF FOREST HILL. |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Oak Creek, WI | GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...AND 3/4 INCH OF RAIN WITH THE STORM. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 062004
TORMKX
WIC079-133-062045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0012.080606T2003Z-080606T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
303 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
FAR SOUTHEASTERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 300 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WATERFORD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND
BRITTON ROAD IN RACINE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 54 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRANKLIN BY 315 PM CDT...
OAK CREEK AND SOUTH MILWAUKEE BY 320 PM CDT...
CUDAHY...MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ST. FRANCIS 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 4284 8781 4284 8830 4291 8821 4298 8806
4308 8785 4307 8784 4303 8787 4300 8786
4298 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 232DEG 47KT 4274 8812
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMKX 062016
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC079-133-062045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MILWAUKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...
AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
FRANKLIN...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STURTEVANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
51 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAK CREEK...SOUTH MILWAUKEE...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUDAHY AND 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 325 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. FRANCIS AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT
FRANCIS BY 330 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO SHOULD GO SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 4284 8781 4284 8826 4290 8821 4298 8806
4298 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 236DEG 44KT 4280 8795
$$
CRAVEN000
WWUS53 KMKX 062028
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
327 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC133-062037-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
WAUKESHA WI-
327 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4284 8805 4287 8805 4288 8805 4289 8804
4293 8798 4296 8784 4284 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 231DEG 48KT 4289 8780
$$
WIC079-062045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
327 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY...
AT 315 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR HIGHWAY K AND INTERSTATE 94 IN RACINE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING THIS STORM THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY MOMENT NEAR
OAK CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 4284 8805 4287 8805 4288 8805 4289 8804
4293 8798 4296 8784 4284 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 231DEG 48KT 4289 8780
$$
CRAVEN000
WWUS53 KMKX 062034
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
334 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
WIC079-062044-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080606T2045Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
334 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE 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 4284 8805 4287 8805 4288 8805 4289 8804
4293 8798 4296 8784 4284 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 231DEG 48KT 4295 8770
$$
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, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 46 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, 3:48 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.