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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
- Oct 3, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 9:17 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Mayville, WI | NORTH SIDE OF MAYVILLE. |
| Oct 3, 9:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Se Theresa, WI | PEA SIZE HAIL AND STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 175 BETWEEN ADDISON AND THERESA. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401
WFUS53 KMKX 040155
TORMKX
WIC027-040230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0008.131004T0155Z-131004T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
855 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 854 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HORICON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
MAYVILLE AROUND 905 PM CDT.
IRON RIDGE AROUND 910 PM CDT.
THERESA AROUND 920 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
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 8840 4337 8840 4337 8842 4332 8842
4342 8878 4359 8875 4363 8854 4363 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 278DEG 15KT 4349 8861
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WOOD1 follow-up statement
031
WWUS53 KMKX 040211
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
911 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
WIC027-040230-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131004T0230Z/
DODGE WI-
911 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
THERESA AROUND 915 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4363 8840 4337 8840 4337 8842 4332 8842
4342 8878 4359 8875 4363 8854 4363 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 277DEG 19KT 4348 8850
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MBKThe 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, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 39 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 |
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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.