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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 18, 2014Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 8:07 AM CDT for Dane County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2014, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2014, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

114 
WFUS53 KMKX 181307
TORMKX
WIC025-055-181330-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0006.140618T1307Z-140618T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
807 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  EAST CENTRAL DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
    
* AT 807 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DEERFIELD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE
  MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
  CAMBRIDGE AROUND 810 AM CDT.
  LAKE MILLS AND LAKE RIPLEY AROUND 815 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROCKDALE.

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 4299 8923 4310 8920 4311 8893 4293 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 281DEG 50KT 4303 8909 

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

$$

MRC
2 follow-up statements
777 
WWUS53 KMKX 181320
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
820 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

WIC025-055-181330-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140618T1330Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
820 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL DANE COUNTIES...
    
AT 819 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE RIPLEY...OR NEAR FORT ATKINSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 65 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL DANE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ROCKDALE.

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 4298 8911 4307 8910 4311 8893 4293 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 302DEG 57KT 4298 8895 

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

$$

JRW
391 
WWUS53 KMKX 181326
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
826 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

WIC025-055-181334-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140618T1330Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
826 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL
DANE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT 
THAT INCLUDES EASTERN DANE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.


LAT...LON 4298 8911 4307 8910 4311 8893 4293 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1322Z 281DEG 50KT 4298 8895 

$$

JRW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth39 min
Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth63 min
Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha40 min
Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette67 min
Jun 17, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 17, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette54 min
Jun 18, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha42 min
Jun 18, 1:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXIowa, Lafayette, Sauk2 hr
Jun 18, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa54 min
Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXIowa, Sauk3 hr
Jun 18, 1:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha115 min
Jun 18, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee23 min
Jun 18, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane35 min
Jun 18, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Ozaukee and 3 more52 min
Jun 18, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk24 min
Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa25 min
Jun 18, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane33 min
Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane33 min
Jun 18, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth33 min
Jun 18, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX90 min
Jun 18, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha32 min
Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha37 min
Jun 18, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha2 hr
Jun 18, 3:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXColumbia38 hr
Jun 18, 5:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.