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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 25, 2008Columbia County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2008, 5:34 PM CDT for Columbia County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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: Apr 25, 2008, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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
Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Dalton, WI	NEAR THE COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH OF DALTON.
Apr 25, 5:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Kingston, 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
Apr 25, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 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 252234
TORMKX
WIC021-047-252315-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0008.080425T2234Z-080425T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
534 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PARDEEVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 44
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMBRIA BY 540 PM CDT...
  MARKESAN BY 555 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN LAKE BY 605 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

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

LAT...LON 4365 8933 4365 8923 4376 8923 4378 8916
      4382 8918 4399 8901 4399 8889 4366 8888
      4363 8900 4358 8901 4346 8922 4355 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 233DEG 38KT 4356 8923

$$

DAVIS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 252241
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
540 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008

WIC021-047-252315-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080425T2315Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-COLUMBIA WI-
540 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT A 
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HIGHWAYS 16 AND 22. THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DALTON...OR 15 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 46 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FRIESLAND...KINGSTON AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARQUETTE BY 545 PM
  CDT...
  MANCHESTER BY 550 PM CDT...
  MARKESAN BY 555 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN LAKE BY 600 PM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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

LAT...LON 4364 8928 4365 8923 4369 8923 4377 8915
      4399 8901 4399 8889 4366 8888 4363 8900
      4359 8903 4351 8917 4358 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 236DEG 40KT 4360 8914

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 3:59 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk	15 hr
Apr 25, 6:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	8 days
Apr 25, 7:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	62 hr
Apr 25, 7:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	46 hr
Apr 25, 7:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Green	13 days
Apr 25, 8:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	3 hr
Apr 25, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	30 min
Apr 25, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	29 min
Apr 25, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	4 days
Apr 25, 12:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MKX	Rock	63 hr
Apr 25, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	47 min
Apr 25, 3:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Iowa	3 hr
Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	59 min
Apr 25, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	62 min
Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk	60 min
Apr 25, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock, Walworth	53 min
Apr 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	3 hr
Apr 25, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	50 min
Apr 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	45 min
Apr 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake	42 min
Apr 25, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Washington	28 min
Apr 25, 6:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	3 hr
Apr 25, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		88 min
Apr 25, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha	51 min

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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.