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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 17, 2013Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 10:55 AM CST for Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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: Nov 17, 2013, 10:55 AM CST (16:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 11:30 AM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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
Nov 17, 11:00 AM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 W Racine, WI	NEAR HWY C AND I 94
Nov 17, 11:18 AM CST	HAIL 1.25	South Milwaukee, WI	HAIL FROM 1118 TO 1125. HAIL WAS NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE. WIND ESTIMATED 30+ MPH
Nov 17, 11:20 AM CST	HAIL 1.5	South Milwaukee, WI	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH FOX6 TV

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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

802 
WFUS53 KMKX 171655
TORMKX
WIC079-101-171730-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.131117T1655Z-131117T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1055 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
    
* AT 1055 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAGLE LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STURTEVANT AROUND 1105 AM CST.
  RACINE...OAK CREEK AND WIND POINT AROUND 1115 AM CST.
  SOUTH MILWAUKEE AND CUDAHY AROUND 1120 AM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRANKSVILLE...NORTH BAY...NORTH CAPE...CALEDONIA AND FRANKLIN.

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 4276 8777 4273 8777 4267 8806 4277 8817
      4293 8786 4292 8784 4288 8785 4285 8783
      4284 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 233DEG 48KT 4269 8813 

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

$$

GEHRING

3 follow-up statements

264 
WWUS53 KMKX 171711
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1111 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

WIC079-101-171730-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131117T1730Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-
1111 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE AND RACINE COUNTIES...
        
AT 1109 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...AROUND 11 AM WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
HIGHWAY G AND INTERSTATE 94. 

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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WIND POINT AROUND 1115 AM CST.
  SOUTH MILWAUKEE AND CUDAHY AROUND 1120 AM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRANKSVILLE...NORTH BAY...NORTH CAPE...CALEDONIA AND FRANKLIN.

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 4276 8777 4271 8803 4280 8811 4293 8786
      4292 8784 4288 8785 4284 8783 4284 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 229DEG 48KT 4281 8793 

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

$$

CRAVEN

631 
WWUS53 KMKX 171718
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1118 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

WIC079-101-171730-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131117T1730Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-
1118 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE AND NORTHEASTERN RACINE COUNTIES...
    
AT 1117 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH MILWAUKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 1115 AM QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS 
REPORTED 2 MILES SSE OF OAK CREEK BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS. 

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 AND NORTHEASTERN RACINE COUNTIES.

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 4285 8801 4293 8786 4292 8784
      4288 8785 4284 8783 4284 8781 4282 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 229DEG 48KT 4288 8782 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

CRAVEN

701 
WWUS53 KMKX 171721
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MKX
1121 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

WIC079-101-171731-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131117T1730Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-
1121 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILWAUKEE AND NORTHEASTERN
RACINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 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 4280 8792 4285 8801 4293 8786 4292 8784
      4288 8785 4284 8783 4284 8781 4282 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 233DEG 48KT 4288 8782 

$$

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, 10:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	31 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, 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.