Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2010, 7:09 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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
- Apr 30, 2010, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 2 Ese Glen Oak, WI | SPOTTY TREE DAMAGE ALONG A 8 MILE PATH. SEVERAL TREES OR LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. PUBLIC SPOTTED TORNADO FROM PRINCETON AREA NEAR THE FOX RIVER JUST BEFORE IT DISSIPATED. DAMAGE ENDS JUST SHORT OF MARQUETTE/GREEN COUNTY LINE 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON. PATH WI |
| Apr 30, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Ese Glen Oak, WI | START OF SPOTTY TREE DAMAGE ALONG 7.5 MILE PATH. PATH ENDS 1 NW MARQUETTE IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES EITHER SNAPPED OR PARTIALLY UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. WIDTH 50 YARDS. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 70 MPH. EF0. THIS WAS THE SOUTHERN OF TWO CIRCULATIONS WITH T |
| Apr 30, 7:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Princeton, WI | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST SOUTH OF PRINCETON NEAR LAKE PUCKAWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
744
WFUS53 KMKX 010009
TORMKX
WIC047-077-010045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0004.100501T0009Z-100501T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
709 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF PARDEEVILLE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PORTAGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO QUARTER IN SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERLIN...PRINCETON...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE.
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 4398 8888 4383 8888 4364 8923 4364 8925
4372 8935 4399 8896 4399 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 226DEG 46KT 4369 8926
$$
DDV2 follow-up statements
995
WWUS53 KMKX 010023
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
723 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
WIC077-010032-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100501T0045Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
723 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4399 8888 4383 8888 4364 8923 4377 8923
4376 8919 4377 8916 4381 8916 4381 8919
4383 8919 4399 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 226DEG 46KT 4381 8908
$$
WIC047-010045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100501T0045Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-
723 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRINCETON...OR 14 MILES WEST OF RIPON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERLIN AND GREEN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. 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 4399 8888 4383 8888 4364 8923 4377 8923
4376 8919 4377 8916 4381 8916 4381 8919
4383 8919 4399 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 226DEG 46KT 4381 8908
$$
ZABEL746
WWUS53 KMKX 010046
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
746 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
WIC047-010055-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100501T0045Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-
746 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 4399 8888 4383 8888 4364 8923 4377 8923
4376 8919 4377 8916 4381 8916 4381 8919
4383 8919 4399 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 226DEG 46KT 4382 8906
$$
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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.