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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 16, 2014Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 11:51 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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 16, 2014, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2014, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 12:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 80Mcfarland, WIESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS. TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 17, 12:01 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMcfarland, WITREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. MANY TREES AND LIMBS WERE COMPLETELY SNAPPED. SOME TREES WERE ALSO UPROOTED. THERE IS A BORDER BETWEEN TREES SNAPPED/UPROOTED AND LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE. DELAYED REPORT.
Jun 17, 12:10 AM CDTTORNADO1 Nw Verona, WITORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWEST VERONA AND DAMAGED COUNTRY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NEIGHBORING HOMES. RATED EF3 WITH ESTIMATED 140 MPH WINDS.
Jun 17, 12:10 AM CDTTORNADOVerona, WIWINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE AND OTHER DAMAGE.
Jun 17, 12:20 AM CDTTORNADO6 Sw Madison, WISHORT PATH EF2 TORNADO STARTED ON FRIAR LANE AND WENT TO SCHROEDER ROAD IN THE SHERWOOD FOREST PARK AREA. ESTIMATED 120 MPH WINDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2074 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

236 
WFUS53 KMKX 170451
TORMKX
WIC025-170515-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0003.140617T0451Z-140617T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1151 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
    
* AT 1151 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW GLARUS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  VERONA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLEVILLE AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
  VERONA AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
  BROOKLYN AROUND 1210 AM CDT.
  STOUGHTON AND OREGON AROUND 1215 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOUNT
VERNON AND PAOLI.

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 4286 8937 4286 8971 4293 8975 4312 8922
      4285 8909 4285 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 252DEG 31KT 4287 8962 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
591 
WWUS53 KMKX 170504
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1204 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

WIC025-170515-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140617T0515Z/
DANE WI-
1204 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DANE COUNTY...
    
AT 1203 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VERONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MADISON AROUND 1210 AM CDT.
  FITCHBURG...OREGON...MCFARLAND AND MONONA AROUND 1215 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOUNT
VERNON AND PAOLI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4286 8937 4286 8971 4293 8975 4312 8922
      4285 8909 4285 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 242DEG 30KT 4294 8951 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HENTZ
395 
WWUS53 KMKX 170514
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1214 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

WIC025-170523-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140617T0515Z/
DANE WI-
1214 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1215
AM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. 
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.


LAT...LON 4286 8937 4286 8971 4293 8975 4312 8922
      4285 8909 4285 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 252DEG 31KT 4294 8951 

$$

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk61 min
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk61 min
Jun 16, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette62 min
Jun 16, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk52 min
Jun 16, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Washington56 min
Jun 16, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk66 min
Jun 16, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette54 min
Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake24 min
Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock40 min
Jun 17, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane48 min
Jun 17, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane25 min
Jun 17, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson64 min
Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 17, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock42 min
Jun 17, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth35 min
Jun 17, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha23 min
Jun 17, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX33 min
Jun 17, 6:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha20 min
Jun 17, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette and 2 more31 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.