Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 23, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 23, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Se Edgerton, WI | A STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CLEAR LAKE...OR 5 SE OF EDGERTON. A SCREEN WAS FLIPPED OVER A TRAILER. MINIMAL TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKE. |
| Jun 23, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Edgerton, WI | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMKX 240100
TORMKX
WIC105-240130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0010.090624T0100Z-090624T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
800 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 759 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR EDGERTON. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILTON BY 830 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.
LAT...LON 4272 8900 4280 8910 4285 8905 4285 8899
4281 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 295DEG 8KT 4281 8903
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240110 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 810 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 WIC105-240130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090624T0130Z/ ROCK WI- 810 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILTON BY 820 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4273 8899 4280 8905 4283 8899 4281 8887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 294DEG 10KT 4279 8898 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240125 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 825 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 WIC105-240130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090624T0130Z/ ROCK WI- 825 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...THE JANESVILLE AIRPORT REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF THE AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTH. AT 820 PM...THE AIRPORT NOTED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILTON BY 825 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. LAT...LON 4273 8899 4280 8905 4283 8899 4281 8887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 322DEG 10KT 4278 8899 $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS53 KMKX 240130 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 WIC105-240139- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090624T0130Z/ ROCK WI- 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARES TO BE SEVERE. LAT...LON 4273 8899 4280 8905 4283 8899 4281 8887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 322DEG 10KT 4276 8897 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 15 hr |
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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.