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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 6:16 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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, 6:59 PM CDTHAIL 1La Valle, WINICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FALLING.
Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 Nnw Reedsburg, 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 072317
TORMKX
WIC111-080015-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0025.080607T2316Z-080608T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
616 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 715 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF
  REEDSBURG...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST
  AT 36 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  REEDSBURG BY 705 PM CDT...
  WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT...WEST BARABOO...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE
  DELTON AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARABOO BY 715 PM CDT...

THERE WAS A BRIEF TORNADO WITH THIS SUPERCELL STORM IN VERNON COUNTY. 

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

LAT...LON 4365 9033 4364 8979 4357 8971 4357 8961
      4355 8959 4340 8961 4340 9021 4355 9021
      4357 9033 4364 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 268DEG 31KT 4350 9057

$$

GEHRING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072334
SVSMKX

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

WIC111-080015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080608T0015Z/
SAUK WI-
634 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SAUK COUNTY...

AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN RICHLAND COUNTY.  A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS 
SIGHTED IN THE YUBA AREA.  

THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF LIME RIDGE...OR 
12 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  IRONTON...LIME RIDGE...LA VALLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HILL POINT BY
  655 PM CDT...
  REEDSBURG AND LOGANVILLE BY 705 PM CDT...
  ROCK SPRINGS...NORTH FREEDOM...7 MILES WEST OF WISCONSIN DELLS
  AIRPORT AND 7 MILES WEST OF WISC DELLS ARPT(KDLL) BY 715 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4365 9033 4364 8979 4357 8971 4357 8961
      4355 8959 4340 8961 4340 9021 4355 9021
      4357 9033 4364 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 267DEG 30KT 4351 9037

$$
MBK
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072348
SVSMKX

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

WIC111-080015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080608T0015Z/
SAUK WI-
646 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SAUK COUNTY...

AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LIME RIDGE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 34
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  IRONTON...LA VALLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HILL POINT BY 655 PM CDT...
  REEDSBURG AND LOGANVILLE BY 705 PM CDT...
  ROCK SPRINGS BY 710 PM CDT...
  NORTH FREEDOM...6 MILES WEST OF WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT...6 MILES
  WEST OF WISC DELLS ARPT(KDLL) AND 6 MILES WEST OF WISC DELLS
  AIRPORT BY 715 PM CDT...

THE LOW LEVEL ROTATION HAS TEMPORARILY WEAKENED AS THE STORM MERGES 
WITH ANOTHER STORM.  WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN RICHLAND 
COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. 

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

LAT...LON 4365 9033 4364 8979 4357 8971 4357 8961
      4355 8959 4340 8961 4340 9021 4355 9021
      4357 9033 4364 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 267DEG 30KT 4351 9023

$$

CRAVEN

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, 4:43 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, 6:44 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

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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.