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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 21, 2011Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT for Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Marquette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

765 
WFUS53 KMKX 211945
TORMKX
WIC077-212015-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0008.110621T1945Z-110621T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTELLO...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PORTAGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTFIELD AROUND 255 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HARRISVILLE AND NESHKORO.

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 4388 8917 4387 8920 4380 8919 4381 8918
      4376 8918 4377 8924 4372 8925 4373 8954
      4399 8956 4399 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 181DEG 29KT 4381 8933

$$

DAVIS

2 follow-up statements

376 
WWUS53 KMKX 211958
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
258 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

WIC077-212015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110621T2015Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
258 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MONTELLO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
WAUTOMA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
MARQUETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS NESHKORO.

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 4387 8920 4381 8919 4380 8918 4376 8918
      4377 8924 4372 8925 4373 8945 4398 8950
      4399 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 181DEG 29KT 4392 8931

$$

SEARS

901 
WWUS53 KMKX 212006
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

WIC077-212015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110621T2015Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 304 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 PRINCETON...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NESHKORO.

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 4387 8920 4381 8919 4380 8918 4376 8918
      4377 8924 4372 8925 4373 8945 4398 8950
      4399 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 210DEG 18KT 4381 8920

$$

SEARS

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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.