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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 3, 2013Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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: Oct 3, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
Oct 3, 8:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Ne Beaver Dam, WI	ESTIMATED WINDS 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/8 MILE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN. MINOR PONDING ALONG US 151 SOUTH.
Oct 3, 8:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	1 Sw Beaver Dam, WI
Oct 3, 8:49 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	2 E Beaver Dam, WI	AT HWY A AND 33 EAST OF BEAVER DAM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 1514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

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

643 
WFUS53 KMKX 040121
TORMKX
WIC027-040200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0007.131004T0121Z-131004T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
821 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER DAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  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.

  IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL.   

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JUNEAU DODGE AIRPORT AND JUNEAU AROUND 855 PM CDT.
  HORICON AROUND 900 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ATWATER...BURNETT...MINNESOTA JUNCTION AND KEKOSKEE.

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 4363 8855 4336 8858 4347 8893 4361 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 276DEG 9KT 4351 8880

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

$$

WOOD

2 follow-up statements

791 
WWUS53 KMKX 040138
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
838 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

WIC027-040200-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131004T0200Z/
DODGE WI-
838 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

AT 832 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEAVER DAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 10
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...
  JUNEAU DODGE AIRPORT AND JUNEAU AROUND 850 PM CDT.
  HORICON AROUND 900 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURNETT AND MINNESOTA
JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4345 8888 4358 8879 4363 8855 4336 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 276DEG 9KT 4351 8873

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

$$

MBK

617 
WWUS53 KMKX 040152
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
852 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

WIC027-040200-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131004T0200Z/
DODGE WI-
852 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

AT 849 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HORICON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
  HORICON AROUND 900 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KEKOSKEE.

LAT...LON 4345 8888 4358 8879 4363 8855 4336 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 276DEG 9KT 4349 8867

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

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	27 min
Oct 3, 7:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake	4 hr
Oct 3, 7:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge	4 hr
Oct 3, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge	35 min
Oct 3, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge, Washington	38 min
Oct 3, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Oct 4, 12:06 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		34 hr

Nearby

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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.