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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 16, 2008Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 min. 5 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: Jul 16, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
Jul 16, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	3 Nnw Sheboygan, WI	MEASURED AT MAYWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PARK.
Jul 16, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	3 Se Howards Grove, WI	MEASURED ON A PRIVATE WEATHER STATION. TIME IS EXACT.
Jul 16, 3:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	3 Nw Sheboygan, WI	AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 42 AND 43
Jul 16, 3:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Sheboygan, WI	WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH BY A SPOTTER IN THE CITY OF SHEBOYGAN.
Jul 16, 3:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 44	Sheboygan, 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
Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 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 162046
TORMKX
WIC117-162100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0045.080716T2046Z-080716T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
346 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR KOHLER...OR NEAR
  SHEBOYGAN FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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
CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4364 8771 4362 8772 4368 8788 4384 8779
      4382 8771 4378 8767 4371 8768 4370 8769
      4369 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 292DEG 48KT 4372 8771

$$

CRAVEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162051
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
351 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC117-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
SHEBOYGAN WI-
350 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...

AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHEBOYGAN...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO. THE SHEBOYGAN AIRPORT 
RECORDED A 61 MPH WIND GUST AT 343 PM CDT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 
46 MPH.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 4370 8769 4369 8768 4362 8772 4365 8778
      4378 8780 4382 8771 4379 8769 4378 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 292DEG 48KT 4371 8765

$$

LAMERS

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162057
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
357 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC117-162107-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
SHEBOYGAN WI-
357 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHEBOYGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 PM CDT...

AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE AREA OF STRONG ROTATION HAD MOVED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4370 8769 4369 8768 4362 8772 4365 8778
      4378 8780 4382 8771 4379 8769 4378 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 292DEG 48KT 4367 8753

$$

LAMERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette	90 min
Jul 16, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		3 hr
Jul 16, 2:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sheboygan	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	73 min
Jul 16, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington	79 min
Jul 16, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	41 min
Jul 16, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		3 hr
Jul 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	73 min
Jul 16, 3:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	78 min
Jul 16, 4:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	3 hr
Jul 16, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Sheboygan	87 min
Jul 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MKX	Sauk	11 hr

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.