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Tornado Watch 610
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 13, 2010, 2:28 PM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2010, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2010, 7:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix and 1 more | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire and 8 more | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Grant, Iowa and 13 more | 115 min |
| Aug 13, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin and 4 more | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Green, Rock, Walworth | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Green, Rock, Walworth | 63 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.