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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2010, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WFUS53 KMKX 220145 TORMKX WIC021-025-111-220230- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.100622T0145Z-100622T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 845 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... EAST CENTRAL SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE DU SAC...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE WISCONSIN AROUND 850 PM CDT. LODI AROUND 855 PM CDT. POYNETTE AROUND 905 PM CDT. DE FOREST AND WINDSOR AROUND 915 PM CDT. RIO AROUND 920 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HARMONY GROVE...DANE...ARLINGTON...MORRISONVILLE AND EAST BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4346 8913 4321 8915 4321 8980 4343 8978 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 278DEG 26KT 4332 8963 $$ MBK
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS53 KMKX 220159 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 859 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 WIC111-220209- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100622T0230Z/ SAUK WI- 859 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SAUK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4321 8971 4344 8948 4346 8913 4321 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 276DEG 30KT 4338 8942 $$ WIC021-025-220230- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100622T0230Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DANE WI- 859 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DANE AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POYNETTE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF LAKE WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DE FOREST AROUND 905 PM CDT. WINDSOR AROUND 910 PM CDT. RIO AROUND 915 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE OTSEGO AND DOYLESTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4321 8971 4344 8948 4346 8913 4321 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 276DEG 30KT 4338 8942 $$ CRAVEN
068 WWUS53 KMKX 220217 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 917 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 WIC021-025-220226- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100622T0230Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DANE WI- 917 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DANE AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. LAT...LON 4321 8971 4344 8948 4346 8913 4321 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 276DEG 30KT 4336 8923 $$ KUHLMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Dane | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 18 min |
| Jun 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 100 min | |
| Jun 21, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Milwaukee | 102 min |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Waukesha | 88 min |
| Jun 21, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 33 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 9 days |
| Jun 22, 12:31 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Milwaukee | 24 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 6 more | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.