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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 17, 2013Milwaukee County, Racine County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 10:29 AM CST for Milwaukee County, Racine County, Waukesha 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: Nov 17, 2013, 10:29 AM CST (16:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 17, 10:37 AM CST	HAIL 1	5 S Milwaukee, WI

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
Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

292 
WFUS53 KMKX 171629
TORMKX
WIC079-101-133-171700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0012.131117T1629Z-131117T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1029 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
    
* AT 1029 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WIND LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILWAUKEE...GREENFIELD...OAK CREEK...MUSKEGO...SOUTH MILWAUKEE...
  CUDAHY...GREENDALE...ST. FRANCIS...HALES CORNERS...WIND LAKE...
  MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE...FRANKLIN...CALEDONIA...SHOREWOOD...
  UW-MILWAUKEE...MAIR FESTIVAL PARK AND MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 4280 8792 4282 8814 4309 8788 4307 8787
      4305 8789 4302 8790 4299 8788 4296 8785
      4288 8785 4285 8783 4285 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 226DEG 35KT 4283 8806 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

GEHRING

2 follow-up statements

245 
WWUS53 KMKX 171645
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1045 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

WIC101-133-171655-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131117T1700Z/
RACINE WI-WAUKESHA WI-
1045 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RACINE AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
WAUKESHA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4285 8793 4291 8798 4302 8790 4299 8788
      4296 8785 4288 8785 4286 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 230DEG 42KT 4292 8786 

$$

WIC079-171700-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131117T1700Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
1045 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY...
    
AT 1045 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH MILWAUKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 4285 8793 4291 8798 4302 8790 4299 8788
      4296 8785 4288 8785 4286 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 230DEG 42KT 4292 8786 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CRAVEN

217 
WWUS53 KMKX 171654
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1054 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

WIC079-171704-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131117T1700Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-
1054 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 AM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4285 8793 4291 8798 4302 8790 4299 8788
      4296 8785 4288 8785 4286 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 226DEG 35KT 4292 8786 

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 6:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Sauk	3 hr
Nov 17, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more	22 hr
Nov 17, 9:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dane, Rock	23 min
Nov 17, 9:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Dodge	30 min
Nov 17, 9:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge	52 min
Nov 17, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	42 min
Nov 17, 9:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	34 min
Nov 17, 10:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	27 min
Nov 17, 10:13 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MKX		62 min
Nov 17, 10:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	52 min
Nov 17, 10:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	43 min
Nov 17, 10:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MKX		53 min
Nov 17, 10:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine	35 min
Nov 17, 11:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Walworth	15 min
Nov 17, 11:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Waukesha	36 min
Nov 17, 11:29 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MKX		46 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Walworth	44 min
Nov 17, 12:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MKX		30 min
Nov 17, 12:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	3 hr
Nov 17, 12:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Milwaukee	34 min
Nov 17, 1:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Kenosha	53 min
Nov 17, 1:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	3 hr

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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.