Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 12:52 AM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 19, 2009, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 4835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 7.1
- Supercell composite
- 59.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMKX 190552 TORMKX WIC105-190645- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0006.090619T0552Z-090619T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1252 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOOTVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANFORD... HANOVER... DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE... JANESVILLE AIRPORT... EMERALD GROVE... TIFFANY... SHOPIERE... AVALON... JOHNSTOWN CENTER... CLINTON... 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 4269 8931 4281 8919 4278 8877 4251 8877 TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 295DEG 30KT 4274 8920 $$ GEHRING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190610 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 110 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 WIC105-190645- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090619T0645Z/ ROCK WI- 110 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOOTVILLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE BY 120 AM CDT... JANESVILLE AIRPORT BY 125 AM CDT... SHOPIERE...TIFFANY AND CLINTON BY 145 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4269 8931 4281 8919 4278 8877 4251 8877 TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 307DEG 18KT 4267 8915 $$ WOOD
000 WWUS53 KMKX 190644 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 144 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 WIC105-190654- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090619T0645Z/ ROCK WI- 144 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING. LAT...LON 4269 8931 4281 8919 4278 8877 4251 8877 TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 307DEG 18KT 4256 8896 $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 113 min | |
| Jun 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Washington, Waukesha | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 12:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Milwaukee, Waukesha | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 72 min |
| Jun 19, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock, Walworth | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 117 min | |
| Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 45 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:16 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green | 13 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 37 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 85 min |
| Jun 19, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 77 min |
| Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 11 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.