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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 12:20 AM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2014, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:20 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Madison, WI | SHORT PATH EF2 TORNADO STARTED ON FRIAR LANE AND WENT TO SCHROEDER ROAD IN THE SHERWOOD FOREST PARK AREA. ESTIMATED 120 MPH WINDS. |
| Jun 17, 12:21 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Madison, WI | A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO IN THE MARQUETTE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE LONG FROM BB CLARKE BEACH TO HUDSON PARK. NUMEROUS LARGE OAK TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED WITH SOME TREES LANDING ON HOMES AND CARS. POWER POLES AND POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN FROM FALLING TREES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KMKX 170520
TORMKX
WIC025-170545-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0004.140617T0520Z-140617T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1220 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1220 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...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 1225 AM CDT.
MONONA AND MAPLE BLUFF AROUND 1230 AM CDT.
COTTAGE GROVE AROUND 1240 AM CDT.
SUN PRAIRIE AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UW-
MADISON...CAMP RANDALL STADIUM...HENRY VILAS ZOO AND TOKEN CREEK.
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 4302 8949 4310 8954 4326 8921 4311 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 244DEG 31KT 4307 8944
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DAVIS2 follow-up statements
265
WWUS53 KMKX 170531
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1231 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
WIC025-170545-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0545Z/
DANE WI-
1231 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DANE COUNTY...
AT 1231 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COTTAGE GROVE AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
SUN PRAIRIE AROUND 1240 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UW-
MADISON...CAMP RANDALL STADIUM...HENRY VILAS ZOO AND TOKEN CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4302 8949 4310 8954 4326 8921 4311 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 252DEG 44KT 4308 8930
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HENTZ097
WWUS53 KMKX 170545
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1245 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
WIC025-170554-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140617T0545Z/
DANE WI-
1245 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM
CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4302 8949 4310 8954 4326 8921 4311 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 244DEG 31KT 4308 8930
$$
HENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Fond du Lac, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 11:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Rock | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 17, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 33 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette and 2 more | 31 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.