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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 5:11 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 072132
TORMKX
WIC021-025-072230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0023.080607T2131Z-080607T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LODI...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUK CITY...
  MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LODI AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WAUNAKEE BY 500 PM CDT...
  DE FOREST...6 MILES NORTH OF WINDSOR AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF POYNETTE
  BY 510 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALL RIVER AND 8 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS BY 530
  PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4325 8978 4325 8976 4328 8972 4332 8972
      4335 8970 4345 8901 4314 8901 4318 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 251DEG 28KT 4320 8977

$$

CRAVEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072211
SVSMKX

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

WIC021-025-072221-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080607T2230Z/
COLUMBIA WI-DANE WI-
511 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DANE AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED BUT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 

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

LAT...LON 4325 8978 4325 8976 4328 8972 4332 8972
      4335 8970 4345 8901 4314 8901 4318 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 251DEG 28KT 4330 8937

$$

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, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Green, Jefferson, Rock65 min
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, 4:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.