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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Green Lake County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 4:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Berlin, WI | TWO REPORTS JUST SOUTH OF BERLIN...RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
109
WFUS53 KMKX 212059
TORMKX
WIC047-212130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.110621T2059Z-110621T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 355 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...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BERLIN AROUND 410 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 4381 8893 4381 8917 4388 8917 4398 8917
4399 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 181DEG 25KT 4389 8905
$$
DAVIS3 follow-up statements
502 WWUS53 KMKX 212110 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 410 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 WIC047-212130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110621T2130Z/ GREEN LAKE WI- 410 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BERLIN AROUND 420 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4381 8893 4388 8917 4398 8917 4399 8890 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 201DEG 20KT 4392 8898 $$ MRC
301 WWUS53 KMKX 212123 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 423 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 WIC047-212130- /O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110621T2130Z/ GREEN LAKE WI- 423 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREEN LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4384 8892 4389 8909 4398 8908 4399 8890 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 201DEG 20KT 4399 8894 $$ MRC
405 WWUS53 KMKX 212126 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 426 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 WIC047-212136- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110621T2130Z/ GREEN LAKE WI- 426 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREEN LAKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 4384 8892 4389 8909 4398 8908 4399 8890 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 201DEG 20KT 4401 8893 $$ 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, 3:27 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, 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.