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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 20085 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 4:05 PM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min. 22 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, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 7, 4:11 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Helenville, WI
Jun 7, 4:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Waukesha, WI	PUBLIC ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 7, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	5 Ne Beloit, WI	ALSO TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 7, 4:18 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 N Nws Sullivan/Milwau, WI	WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH RAPID RISING MOTION AT THE CLOUD BASE AND STRONG MOTION IN THE MESOCYCLONE.
Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beloit, WI	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Ne Milton, WI	ALSO 50 MPH WINDS
Jun 7, 4:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Waukesha, WI	REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. NEAR LISBON AND BROWN STREET. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Evansville, WI	REPORTED ALONG WALKER STREET IN EVANSVILLE. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO 65 MPH CAUSED A TREE TO BLOW DOWN. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Ne Oconomowoc, WI
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Oconomowoc, WI	HAIL LASTED 10 MINUTES. REPORTED ALONG LISBON ROAD.
Jun 7, 4:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Oconomowoc, WI	HAIL IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Hartland, WI
Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT	HAIL 5	2 Ene Delafield, WI	DELAYED REPORT OF A MEASURED 5 INCH HAIL STONE FROM SATURDAY JUNE 7TH. THE HAIL STONE FELL JUST WEST OF PEWAUKEE LAKE...AND JUST TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...NORTH OF NAGA-WAUKEE GOLF COURSE ON THE EAST SIDE OF DELAFIELD.
Jun 7, 4:42 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	1 Nne Stoughton, WI	EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 100 MPH WINDS. AUTOS WERE MOVED AROUND...HOMES DAMAGED...A CHURCH DAMAGED...AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES...AND WIDTH OF 75 YARDS.
Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stoughton, WI	IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A BRIEF TORNADO OR EXTREME STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. A ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF A HOME AND CARS WERE THROWN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A TORNADO. THIS OCCURRED ON
Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 57	Stoughton, WI	MEASURED AT A SCHOOL NET SITE IN STOUGHTON. DELAYED INFORMATION.
Jun 7, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 Ssw Hartland, WI
Jun 7, 4:51 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 W Waukesha, WI
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	2 W Waukesha, WI
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDT	HAIL 3	2 W Waukesha, WI	AMENDMENT TO AN EARLIER REPORT. THE SPOTTER WENT BACK OUT AND MEASURED A 3.25 INCH DIAMETER HAIL STONE.
Jun 7, 4:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Brookfield, WI	MOSTLY PEA TO SMALL MARBLE SIZED...BUT A FEW LARGER STONES TO AROUND DIME OR PENNY SIZE. FLOODING NOW REPORTED WITH STANDING WATER ON LAWNS.
Jun 7, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Stoughton, WI	2-FOOT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN

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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 072105
TORMKX
WIC025-055-105-127-133-072200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0022.080607T2105Z-080607T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
405 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...
  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 356 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FORT
  ATKINSON...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOUSMAN BY 430 PM CDT...
  WALES AND OKAUCHEE LAKE BY 435 PM CDT...
  DELAFIELD BY 440 PM CDT...
  HARTLAND AND MERTON BY 445 PM CDT...
  PEWAUKEE BY 450 PM CDT...
  SUSSEX BY 455 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.

LAT...LON 4320 8899 4320 8807 4284 8807 4284 8830
      4249 8871 4250 8936 4284 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 249DEG 30KT 4296 8874

$$

CRAVEN

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072121
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-055-105-127-133-072200-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080607T2200Z/
WAUKESHA WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-DANE WI-
421 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH...JEFFERSON...ROCK AND
WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAFF IS VIEWING A FUNNEL 
NEAR THE SULLIVAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOUSMAN BY 430 PM CDT...
  NORTH PRAIRIE BY 435 PM CDT...
  WALES...LAPHAM PEAK STATE PARK...LAPHAM PEAK ST PARK AND GENESEE BY
  440 PM CDT...
  DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA BY 450 PM CDT...
  WAUKESHA AIRPORT AND PEWAUKEE BY 455 PM   CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4320 8899 4320 8807 4284 8807 4284 8830
      4249 8871 4250 8936 4284 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 259DEG 26KT 4298 8855

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072131
SVSMKX

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

WIC065-072141-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080607T2145Z/
LAFAYETTE WI-
431 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4283 8983 4285 8937 4262 8936 4249 8937
      4263 8967 4276 8981 4281 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 229DEG 38KT 4277 8946

$$

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR GREEN COUNTY...

AT 428 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBANY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
EVANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4283 8983 4285 8937 4262 8936 4249 8937
      4263 8967 4276 8981 4281 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 229DEG 38KT 4277 8946

$$

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072141
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-055-105-127-133-072200-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080607T2200Z/
WAUKESHA WI-ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-DANE WI-
441 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DANE...NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH...JEFFERSON...ROCK AND
WAUKESHA COUNTIES...

AT 441 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 SUSSEX TO WALES TO 
WHITEWATER TO DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ABELLS CORNERS...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...PALMYRA AND ELKHORN BY 450 PM
  CDT...
  NORTH PRAIRIE...TROY CENTER...GENESEE AND GENESEE DEPOT BY 455 PM
  CDT...
  ELM GROVE AND POTTER LAKE BY 500 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL.

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

LAT...LON 4320 8899 4320 8807 4284 8807 4284 8830
      4249 8871 4250 8936 4284 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 252DEG 42KT 4315 8815 4300 8833
          4287 8869 4257 8864

$$

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, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Sauk	40 min
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, 4:21 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.