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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 12, 2008Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 12, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 12, 5:30 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 W Fond Du Lac, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 1:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 122139
TORMKX
WIC027-039-122230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0033.080612T2139Z-080612T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
439 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  LOMIRA...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 54
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OAKFIELD AND LOMIRA BY 445 PM CDT...
  FOND DU LAC AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH FOND DU LAC 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.

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

LAT...LON 4369 8816 4356 8838 4350 8862 4357 8878
      4394 8834 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 222DEG 47KT 4359 8859

$$

ZAJDEL

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 122157
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
457 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

WIC027-039-122230-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080612T2230Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-DODGE WI-
457 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODGE AND EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BYRON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF FOND DU LAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 47 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEEBLES AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYCHEEDAH BY
  505 PM CDT...
  ST. CLOUD...SAINT CLOUD...MOUNT CALVARY AND CALVARY BY 515 PM
  CDT...
  MARYTOWN BY 520 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4369 8816 4356 8838 4350 8862 4357 8878
      4394 8834 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 226DEG 41KT 4368 8840

$$

LAMERS/KAPELA

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 122202
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
502 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

WIC027-039-122230-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080612T2230Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-DODGE WI-
502 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODGE AND EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN...OR 7 MILES
SOUTH OF FOND DU LAC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT CALVARY...CALVARY AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSBURG BY 510
  PM CDT...
  SAINT CLOUD AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIPE BY 515 PM CDT...
  MARYTOWN BY 520 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4369 8816 4356 8838 4350 8862 4357 8878
      4394 8834 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 225DEG 46KT 4373 8833

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 122212
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
512 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

WIC027-039-122230-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080612T2230Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-DODGE WI-
512 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODGE AND EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ATWATER...OR NEAR
WAUPUN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK CENTER AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HORICON RAWS BY 525 PM CDT...
  OAKFIELD...LAMARTINE...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE AND 7 MILES
  WEST OF BYRON BY 530 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4369 8816 4356 8838 4350 8862 4357 8878
      4394 8834 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 248DEG 25KT 4362 8876

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 122220
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
520 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

WIC027-039-122230-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080612T2230Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-DODGE WI-
520 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODGE AND EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 515 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 7 MILES WEST OF
LAMARTINE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK CENTER TO ATWATER...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPON TO WAUPUN...MOVING
EAST AT 32 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK CENTER BY 525 PM CDT...
  LAMARTINE...OAKFIELD...NORTH FOND DU LAC AND FOND DU LAC AIRPORT BY
  530 PM CDT...

A REPLACEMENT TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR FOND DU LAC 
COUNTY. 

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

LAT...LON 4369 8816 4356 8838 4350 8862 4357 8878
      4394 8834 4394 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 250DEG 28KT 4378 8865 4371 8867
          4365 8866

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	3 hr
Jun 12, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	4 hr
Jun 12, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	41 min
Jun 12, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	67 min
Jun 12, 1:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha	3 hr
Jun 12, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		114 min
Jun 12, 1:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	6 hr
Jun 12, 1:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	54 min
Jun 12, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	35 min
Jun 12, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	48 min
Jun 12, 2:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	4 days
Jun 12, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	15 min
Jun 12, 2:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	5 hr
Jun 12, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa	23 min
Jun 12, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha	50 min
Jun 12, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa	49 min
Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Washington	52 min
Jun 12, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	44 min
Jun 12, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	52 min
Jun 12, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Waukesha	40 min
Jun 12, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	4 hr
Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha	4 hr
Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	29 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge	38 min
Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge	35 min
Jun 12, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jun 12, 4:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	42 hr
Jun 12, 4:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	9 days
Jun 12, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	30 min
Jun 12, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	37 min
Jun 12, 4:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	5 days
Jun 12, 4:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Lafayette	44 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	41 min
Jun 12, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		113 min
Jun 12, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Lafayette	32 min
Jun 12, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	55 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	41 min
Jun 12, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	38 min
Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green	50 min
Jun 12, 5:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	113 min
Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	27 min
Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	24 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	18 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Rock	30 min
Jun 12, 6:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	21 hr
Jun 12, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	25 min
Jun 12, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	48 min
Jun 12, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	44 min
Jun 12, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	26 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	30 min

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.