Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
MRC2 follow-up statements
777
WWUS53 KMKX 181320
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
820 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
WIC025-055-181330-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140618T1330Z/
JEFFERSON WI-DANE WI-
820 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL DANE COUNTIES...
AT 819 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE RIPLEY...OR NEAR FORT ATKINSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL DANE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ROCKDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4298 8911 4307 8910 4311 8893 4293 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 302DEG 57KT 4298 8895
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRW391
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
$$
JRWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 17, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 1:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 115 min |
| Jun 18, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Ozaukee and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sauk | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 90 min | |
| Jun 18, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia | 38 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 20 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.