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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 20084 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 3:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. 8 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, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.757 W Fort Atkinson, WI
Jun 7, 3:42 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDBusseyville, WIFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY A DEPUTY WEST OF FORT ATKINSON NEAR BUSSEYVILLE.
Jun 7, 3:44 PM CDTTORNADO3 E Cottage Grove, WIDEPUTY SAW THE TORNADO TOUCH THE GROUND LOOKING FROM A LOCATION AT HIGHWAY BB AND BAXTER ROAD. IT TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD...SO NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
Jun 7, 3:56 PM CDTTORNADOFort Atkinson, WISEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM AROUND THE AREA. MOST RECENTLY A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON JANESVILLE AVENUE IN FORT ATKINSON.
Jun 7, 3:57 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 45Watertown, WIALSO PEA SIZED HAIL.
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Orfordville, WITREES REPORTED DOWN...ALSO BRANCHES BRINGING WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. REPORTS BEING RECEIVED FROM ALL OVER SOUTHWEST ROCK COUNTY.
Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Ne Johnson Creek, WIREPORTED AT EXIT 267 IN JOHNSON CREEK...LOOKING NORTHEAST.
Jun 7, 4:11 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Helenville, WI

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 072011
TORMKX
WIC025-045-055-105-072115-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0019.080607T2010Z-080607T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EASTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  EVANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

THERE WERE SEVERAL ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE LINE INTO EASTERN DANE COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGERTON BY 325 PM CDT...
  CAMBRIDGE BY 340 PM CDT...
  LAKE RIPLEY AND FORT ATKINSON BY 345 PM CDT...
  JEFFERSON AND LAKE MILLS BY 355 PM CDT...
  JOHNSON CREEK BY 400 PM CDT...
  WATERTOWN BY 415 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4301 8945 4324 8902 4320 8900 4320 8854
      4284 8876 4250 8922 4250 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 224DEG 31KT 4276 8921

$$

CRAVEN
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072025 RRA
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-045-055-105-072115-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
GREEN WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
323 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 323 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 MARSHALL TO DEERFIELD
TO INDIANFORD TO JUDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWARK...BUSSEYVILLE...WATERLOO AND LAKE RIPLEY BY 330 PM CDT...
  ORFORDVILLE AND LAKE MILLS BY 335 PM CDT...
  MILFORD...HUBBLETON AND FOOTVILLE BY 340 PM CDT...
  JEFFERSON BY 345 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THE STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST DANE 
AND SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL 
SIZE HAIL.

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

LAT...LON 4288 8928 4300 8926 4315 8919 4324 8902
      4320 8900 4320 8854 4284 8876 4250 8922
      4250 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 233DEG 33KT 4317 8904 4305 8902
          4283 8906 4256 8940

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072038
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-045-055-105-072115-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
GREEN WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
337 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 337 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 LAKE MILLS TO 
BUSSEYVILLE TO ORFORDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HUBBLETON...MILFORD...HANOVER AND JEFFERSON BY 345 PM CDT...
  JOHNSON CREEK BY 350 PM CDT...
  WATERTOWN AIRPORT...WATERTOWN AND DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE BY 355 PM    
  CDT...
  PIPERSVILLE BY 400 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4288 8928 4300 8926 4315 8919 4324 8902
      4320 8900 4320 8854 4284 8876 4250 8922
      4250 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 233DEG 33KT 4313 8890 4292 8891
          4264 8926

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072048
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-045-055-105-072115-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
GREEN WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND 3 MILES EAST OF COTTAGE GROVE. RADAR WAS ALSO TRACKING A LINE 
OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE 
MILLS TO FORT ATKINSON TO FOOTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JOHNSON CREEK BY 350 PM CDT...
  DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE BY 355 PM CDT...
  HELENVILLE...WATERTOWN AIRPORT...AND WATERTOWN BY 400 PM CDT...
  PIPERSVILLE AND MILTON BY 405 PM CDT...
  IXONIA BY 410 PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4288 8928 4300 8926 4315 8919 4324 8902
      4320 8900 4320 8854 4284 8876 4250 8922
      4250 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 234DEG 36KT 4314 8887 4295 8884
          4269 8916

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072055
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-045-055-105-072115-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
GREEN WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
355 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...JEFFERSON...ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREEN
COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THESE TORNADO
PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUBBLETON 
TO JEFFERSON TO FOOTVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRODHEAD...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWARK...HELENVILLE...WATERTOWN AIRPORT BY 400 PM CDT...
  PIPERSVILLE BY 405 PM CDT...
  HANOVER AND IXONIA BY 410 PM CDT...
  MILTON AND DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE BY 415 PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4289 8913 4300 8926 4315 8919 4324 8902
      4320 8900 4320 8854 4284 8876 4250 8922
      4251 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 234DEG 36KT 4320 8877 4300 8874
          4272 8912 4255 8932

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072105
SVSMKX

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

WIC045-065-072145-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080607T2145Z/
GREEN WI-LAFAYETTE WI-
405 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR LAFAYETTE AND GREEN COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHULLSBURG TO BROWNTOWN TO 
12 MILES SOUTH OF BRODHEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMONT...JUDA...JORDON CENTER AND MONROE AIRPORT BY 410 PM CDT...
  YELLOWSTONE LAKE STATE PARK...YELLOWSTONE LAKE ST PARK AND BRODHEAD
  BY 415 PM CDT...
  MONTICELLO...BLANCHARDVILLE AND ALBANY BY 420 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4281 9042 4281 8984 4283 8983 4285 8937
      4262 8936 4249 8937 4251 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 208DEG 40KT 4267 9019 4261 8976
          4250 8933

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more39 hr
Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk40 min
Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette67 min
Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk4 hr
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk60 min
Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen Lake4 hr
Jun 7, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac4 hr
Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Green Lake53 min
Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa, Sauk60 min
Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Iowa57 min
Jun 7, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington6 hr
Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Washington65 min
Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Jefferson4 hr
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk53 min
Jun 7, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette52 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha4 hr
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha55 min
Jun 7, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa40 min
Jun 7, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee48 min
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane41 min
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington39 min
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee62 min
Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Racine, Walworth and 1 more47 min
Jun 7, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha3 hr
Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk9 hr
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine40 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk59 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee21 hr
Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee62 hr
Jun 7, 6:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee27 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee67 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine5 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette6 hr
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXWaukesha10 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine14 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.