Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2013, 8:39 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- Jun 22, 2013, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Columbia County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 22, 8:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Rio, WI | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
| Jun 22, 8:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sw Rio, WI | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRI CLOUD. TORNADO WAS SEEN MOVING FROM NEAR ARLINGTON, CROSSED GOOSE POND RD AND DISSIPATED NORTH OF KRIER RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548
WFUS53 KMKX 230139
TORMKX
WIC021-230215-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0006.130623T0139Z-130623T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POYNETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND SMALL 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...
RIO...OTSEGO AND DOYLESTOWN.
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 4354 8921 4342 8907 4334 8933 4339 8938
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 236DEG 18KT 4338 8932
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DDV2 follow-up statements
489
WWUS53 KMKX 230156
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
856 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
WIC021-230215-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130623T0215Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
856 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 854 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOYLESTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4338 8927 4342 8931 4352 8919 4343 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 236DEG 18KT 4343 8922
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DDV676 WWUS53 KMKX 230214 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 914 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 WIC021-230225- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130623T0215Z/ COLUMBIA WI- 914 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4338 8927 4342 8931 4352 8919 4343 8908 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 236DEG 18KT 4348 8911 $$ EHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette and 4 more | 3 days |
| Jun 23, 7:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia | 24 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 11 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.