Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jun 19, 2009, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2009, 1:42 AM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Rock County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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.

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WFUS53 KMKX 190611
TORMKX
WIC105-190700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0008.090619T0611Z-090619T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
111 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JANESVILLE AIRPORT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  DOWNTOWN JANESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELOIT...4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHOPIERE AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  TIFFANY BY 130 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 4264 8920 4267 8907 4250 8877 4249 8877
      4249 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 319DEG 22KT 4263 8910

$$

BORGHOFF/FRANKS

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 190642
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
142 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

WIC105-190651-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090619T0700Z/
ROCK WI-
142 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.

LAT...LON 4264 8920 4267 8907 4250 8877 4249 8877
      4249 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 319DEG 22KT 4249 8894

$$

WOOD

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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.