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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Milwaukee County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 072144
TORMKX
WIC079-072245-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0024.080607T2143Z-080607T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
  HALES CORNERS...OR NEAR WALES...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

A ROTATING WALL CLOUD MOVED JUST NORTH OF THE SULLIVAN OFFICE 
EARLIER WITH THIS STORM AND CONTINUES TO BE SITED NORTH OF NORTH 
PRARIE.  A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.  ALSO...GOLFBALL SIZED 
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO...MILWAUKEE CO ZOO AND HALES CORNERS BY 515 PM
  CDT...
  WEST ALLIS...GREENFIELD...GREENDALE AND WAUWATOSA BY 520 PM CDT...
  WEST MILWAUKEE BY 525 PM CDT...
  MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE AND DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BY 530 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 4284 8780 4284 8805 4320 8807 4320 8787
      4319 8785 4313 8787 4309 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4298 8782 4287 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 267DEG 25KT 4298 8837

$$

CRAVEN
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072151
SVSMKX

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

WIC079-072245-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR MILWAUKEE
COUNTY...

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF HALES
CORNERS...OR NEAR WALES...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST ALLIS...MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO...AND HALES CORNERS BY 515 PM    
  CDT...
  GREENFIELD...STATE FAIR PARK AND GREENDALE BY 520 PM CDT...
  WEST MILWAUKEE...MITCHELL PARK DOMES AND MILLER PARK BY 525 PM
  CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4284 8780 4284 8805 4320 8807 4320 8787
      4319 8785 4313 8787 4309 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4298 8782 4287 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 267DEG 25KT 4298 8828

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072158
SVSMKX

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

WIC079-072245-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
458 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR MILWAUKEE
COUNTY...

AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HALES
CORNERS...OR NEAR DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST ALLIS...STATE FAIR PARK...GREENFIELD AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO
  BY 510 PM CDT...
  WEST MILWAUKEE...MITCHELL PARK DOMES AND MILLER PARK BY 515 PM
  CDT...
  MILWAUKEE SOUTH SHORE PARK...SAINT FRANCIS AND THE SUMMERFEST      
  GROUNDS BY 520 PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4284 8780 4284 8805 4320 8807 4320 8787
      4319 8785 4313 8787 4309 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4298 8782 4287 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 264DEG 36KT 4298 8820

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072200
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC079-072245-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR MILWAUKEE
COUNTY...

AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HALES
CORNERS...OR NEAR DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST ALLIS...STATE FAIR PARK...GREENFIELD AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY     
  ZOO BY 510 PM CDT...
  WEST MILWAUKEE...MITCHELL PARK DOMES AND MILLER PARK BY 515 PM
  CDT...
  MILWAUKEE SOUTH SHORE PARK...SAINT FRANCIS AND THE SUMMERFEST      
  GROUNDS BY 520 PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4284 8780 4284 8805 4320 8807 4320 8787
      4319 8785 4313 8787 4309 8784 4303 8787
      4300 8786 4298 8782 4287 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 264DEG 36KT 4298 8818

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072214
SVSMKX

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

WIC079-072245-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
512 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY...

AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILWAUKEE COUNTY
ZOO...OR NEAR ELM GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MITCHELL PARK DOMES...MILLER PARK...DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE AND WEST
  MILWAUKEE BY 520 PM CDT...
  MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE AND UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS BY 525 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT 
LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 3.25 
INCH HAIL WAS MEASURED 2 MILES WEST OF WAUKESHA AT 453 PM

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

LAT...LON 4295 8781 4295 8805 4300 8807 4301 8805
      4302 8807 4319 8806 4319 8788 4312 8787
      4306 8790 4303 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 265DEG 36KT 4302 8805

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072233
SVSMKX

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

WIC079-072245-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
533 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY...

AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHOREWOOD...OR
NEAR DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY 540 PM.

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

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

LAT...LON 4295 8781 4295 8805 4300 8807 4301 8805
      4302 8807 4319 8806 4319 8788 4312 8787
      4306 8790 4303 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 272DEG 44KT 4307 8783

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072239
SVSMKX

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

WIC079-072249-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2245Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM CDT...

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS PUSHED OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN...THEREFORE 
THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM.

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

LAT...LON 4295 8781 4295 8805 4300 8807 4301 8805
      4302 8807 4319 8806 4319 8788 4312 8787
      4306 8790 4303 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 272DEG 44KT 4307 8773

$$

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, 3:10 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, 4:30 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, 4:58 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.