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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2009, 6:13 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2009, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2009, 6:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 272313 TORMKX WIC027-039-131-280015- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0015.090727T2313Z-090728T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 613 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THERESA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... ASHFORD AND 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNE BY 635 PM CDT... CAMPBELLSPORT BY 655 PM CDT... 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUCOUSTA AND 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW FANE BY 710 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 4367 8823 4352 8815 4348 8841 4358 8851 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 242DEG 10KT 4354 8843 $$ GEHRING
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272326 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 626 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 WIC027-039-131-280015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090728T0015Z/ FOND DU LAC WI-DODGE WI-WASHINGTON WI- 626 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN DODGE AND SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 625 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD...OR 8 MILES WEST OF KEWASKUM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAYNE BY 635 PM CDT... CAMPBELLSPORT BY 650 PM CDT... KEWASKUM BY 655 PM CDT... WAUCOUSTA BY 700 PM CDT... NEW FANE BY 710 PM CDT... ALSO...HAIL TO ONE INCH AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 4367 8823 4352 8815 4348 8841 4358 8851 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 256DEG 11KT 4356 8837 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272340 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 640 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 WIC027-272350- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090728T0015Z/ DODGE WI- 640 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4361 8839 4367 8823 4352 8815 4348 8839 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 256DEG 11KT 4355 8826 $$ WIC039-131-280015- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090728T0015Z/ FOND DU LAC WI-WASHINGTON WI- 640 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 637 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEWASKUM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KEWASKUM BY 645 PM CDT... NEW FANE BY 700 PM CDT... HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 4361 8839 4367 8823 4352 8815 4348 8839 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 256DEG 11KT 4355 8826 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 272353 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 653 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 WIC039-131-280003- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090728T0015Z/ FOND DU LAC WI-WASHINGTON WI- 653 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4361 8839 4367 8823 4352 8815 4348 8839 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 256DEG 11KT 4356 8821 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 83 min |
| Jul 27, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marquette | 71 min |
| Jul 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 73 min |
| Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.