Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
071 WFUS53 KMKX 212027 TORMKX WIC047-077-212100- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0011.110621T2027Z-110621T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 400 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 NEAR PRINCETON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERLIN. 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 4377 8909 4385 8929 4399 8918 4398 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 212DEG 23KT 4390 8907 $$ DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS53 KMKX 212038 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 338 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 WIC047-077-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110621T2100Z/ GREEN LAKE WI-MARQUETTE WI- 338 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARQUETTE AND NORTHWESTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERLIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4377 8909 4385 8929 4399 8918 4398 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 212DEG 23KT 4395 8902 $$ MRC
661 WWUS53 KMKX 212049 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 349 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 WIC047-077-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110621T2100Z/ GREEN LAKE WI-MARQUETTE WI- 349 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARQUETTE AND NORTHWESTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRINCETON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BERLIN AROUND 400 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4377 8909 4384 8926 4399 8918 4398 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 206DEG 22KT 4388 8906 $$ MRC
The 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, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.