Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2011, 3:14 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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
- Jun 21, 2011, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 3:19 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Wsw Alto, WI | TORNADO PATH FROM 3.5 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ALTO, WI TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARKESAN, WI. MAXIMUM WIDTH 150 YARDS. POLE-SHED FLATTENED, 1/2 OF BARN DAMAGED, TREES DAMAGED AND UPROOTED, AND DOWNED POWERLINES. |
| Jun 21, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Sse Green Lake, WI | TORNADO PATH FROM 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN LAKE, WI. MAXIMUM WIDTH 100 YARDS. UPROOTED AND DAMAGED TREES. PART OF A LARGE BARN-SHED ROOF TORN OFF. |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Sse Green Lake, WI | TORNADO PATH FROM 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN LAKE, WI. MAXIMUM WIDTH 100 YARDS. UPROOTED AND DAMAGED TREES. PART OF A LARGE BARN-SHED ROOF TORN OFF. |
| Jun 21, 3:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Green Lake, WI | STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON JUNE 22...FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290
WFUS53 KMKX 212014
TORMKX
WIC027-039-047-212045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0010.110621T2014Z-110621T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
314 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
WEST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
EASTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WAUPUN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIPON...BERLIN...BRANDON...GREEN LAKE...ALTO...FAIRWATER AND WEST
ROSENDALE.
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 4390 8888 4390 8869 4389 8869 4358 8874
4359 8895 4398 8899 4398 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 179DEG 28KT 4364 8888
$$
DAVIS2 follow-up statements
140
WWUS53 KMKX 212024
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
324 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
WIC027-039-047-212045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110621T2045Z/
DODGE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-GREEN LAKE WI-
324 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GREEN LAKE...
WESTERN FOND DU LAC AND NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...
AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANDON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WAUPUN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIPON...BERLIN...BRANDON...GREEN LAKE...FAIRWATER AND WEST
ROSENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 8888 4390 8869 4389 8869 4358 8874
4359 8895 4398 8899 4398 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 195DEG 24KT 4370 8887
$$
MRC805
WWUS53 KMKX 212036
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
WIC027-212046-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110621T2045Z/
DODGE WI-
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4390 8888 4390 8869 4363 8873 4364 8895
4398 8899 4398 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 194DEG 22KT 4374 8884
$$
WIC039-047-212045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110621T2045Z/
FOND DU LAC WI-GREEN LAKE WI-
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GREEN LAKE AND
WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUPUN...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIPON AND GREEN LAKE AROUND 345 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WEST
ROSENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 8888 4390 8869 4363 8873 4364 8895
4398 8899 4398 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 194DEG 22KT 4374 8884
$$
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:10 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Waukesha | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:05 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 10 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 82 min | |
| Jun 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marquette | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 6 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 62 min | |
| Jun 21, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 40 min | |
| Jun 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 33 min |
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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.