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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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 7, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 7, 1:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw La Valle, WI	TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. TIME WAS APPROXIMATED.
Jun 7, 1:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	6 Ene Reedsburg, WI	ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING.
Jun 7, 1:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 48	Reedsburg, WI	MEASURED AT REEDSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Jun 7, 1:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Reedsburg, WI	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN.
Jun 7, 1:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lake Delton, WI	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES...BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY. INCLUDES THE LA VALLE...REEDSBURG...AND LAKE DELTON AREAS. EVENT TIME IS FOR LAKE DELTON.

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 7, 12:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 071806
TORMKX
WIC111-071845-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.080607T1805Z-080607T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
105 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF REEDSBURG...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MAUSTON...MOVING EAST
  AT 41 MPH.

GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH 
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTH OF REEDSBURG BY 120 PM CDT...
  WISCONSIN DELLS AND LAKE DELTON BY 130 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT BY 135 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 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4364 9031 4365 8978 4362 8978 4357 8971
      4357 8961 4356 8960 4346 8960 4355 9021
      4356 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 285DEG 35KT 4369 9013

$$

CRAVEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 071813
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
112 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC111-071845-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T1845Z/
SAUK WI-
112 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SAUK COUNTY...

AT 108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF LA
VALLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF MAUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WISCONSIN DELLS BY 130 PM CDT...
  LAKE DELTON AND 8 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT BY 135 PM 
  CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
80 MPH. A NEW TORNADO WARNING WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY FOR NORTHWEST 
COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4364 9031 4365 8978 4362 8978 4357 8971
      4357 8961 4356 8960 4346 8960 4355 9021
      4356 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 284DEG 37KT 4370 9005

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 071827
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
126 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC111-071845-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T1845Z/
SAUK WI-
126 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SAUK COUNTY...

AT 126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
WISCONSIN DELLS TO LA VALLE TO 14 MILES WEST OF IRONTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 43 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  IRONTON BY 135 PM CDT...
  REEDSBURG...WISCONSIN DELLS...LAKE DELTON AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT BY 145 PM CDT...

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN JUNEAU 
COUNTY WITH THESE STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
80 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4364 9031 4365 8978 4362 8978 4357 8971
      4357 8961 4356 8960 4346 8960 4355 9021
      4356 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 269DEG 37KT 4372 8982 4363 9008
          4351 9035

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	39 hr
Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Marquette	67 min
Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Marquette, Sauk	4 hr
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk	60 min
Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green Lake	4 hr
Jun 7, 2:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac	4 hr
Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake	53 min
Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Iowa, Sauk	60 min
Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	57 min
Jun 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock	65 min
Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge, Washington	65 min
Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	4 hr
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Sauk	53 min
Jun 7, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	52 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	4 hr
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	55 min
Jun 7, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	40 min
Jun 7, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee	48 min
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane	41 min
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Washington	39 min
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	62 min
Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Racine, Walworth and 1 more	47 min
Jun 7, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	3 hr
Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	9 hr
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	40 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Sauk	59 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	21 hr
Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	62 hr
Jun 7, 6:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	27 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	67 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	5 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	6 hr
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Waukesha	10 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Racine	14 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.