Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2010, 8:01 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 21, 2010, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fulton, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE MILTON/FULTON/EDGERTON. STARTED AROUND 815PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KMKX 220101
TORMKX
WIC055-105-220145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0007.100622T0101Z-100622T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
801 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGERTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILTON AROUND 810 PM CDT.
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 4281 8922 4285 8910 4284 8901 4287 8901
4290 8889 4276 8877 4266 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 246DEG 36KT 4278 8908
$$
MBK3 follow-up statements
989
WWUS53 KMKX 220111
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
811 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
WIC055-105-220145-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100622T0145Z/
ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
811 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGERTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILTON AROUND 820 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4283 8917 4285 8911 4284 8901 4287 8901
4290 8889 4276 8877 4272 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 261DEG 27KT 4278 8903
$$
KUHLMAN472
WWUS53 KMKX 220118
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
818 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
WIC055-105-220145-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100622T0145Z/
ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
818 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
ROCK AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
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 4273 8900 4283 8906 4284 8901 4287 8901
4290 8889 4276 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 261DEG 24KT 4279 8897
$$
KUHLMAN663
WWUS53 KMKX 220143 RRA
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
843 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
WIC055-105-220153-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100622T0145Z/
ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-
843 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN
ROCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4273 8900 4283 8906 4284 8901 4287 8901
4290 8889 4276 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 261DEG 24KT 4282 8875
$$
CRAVENThe 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, 8:04 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, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.