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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 25, 2014Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2014, 2:48 PM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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 25, 2014, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 3:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 N Albany, WI	SMALL TORNADO DOWN FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE FOLLOWED BY A FUNNEL CLOUD

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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 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.

528 
WFUS53 KMKX 251948
TORMKX
WIC045-105-252015-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0007.140625T1948Z-140625T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
248 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EASTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
    
* AT 248 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ALBANY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF EVANSVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  BRODHEAD AROUND 310 PM CDT.
  ORFORDVILLE AROUND 315 PM CDT.

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 4280 8953 4281 8943 4261 8920 4255 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 328DEG 19KT 4275 8943 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

REM

2 follow-up statements

783 
WWUS53 KMKX 252007
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
307 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

WIC045-105-252015-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140625T2015Z/
ROCK WI-GREEN WI-
307 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREEN COUNTIES...
    
AT 307 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BRODHEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  BRODHEAD AROUND 310 PM CDT.
  ORFORDVILLE AROUND 315 PM CDT.

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 4271 8945 4274 8935 4261 8920 4255 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 329DEG 20KT 4266 8938 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

WOOD

483 
WWUS53 KMKX 252015
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
315 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

WIC045-105-252025-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140625T2015Z/
ROCK WI-GREEN WI-
315 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREEN
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4271 8945 4274 8935 4261 8920 4255 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 328DEG 19KT 4266 8938 

$$

WOOD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac	67 min
Jun 25, 2:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	6 hr
Jun 25, 11:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	37 min
Jun 25, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	35 min
Jun 25, 12:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Sauk	116 min
Jun 25, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	33 min
Jun 25, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	36 min
Jun 25, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa, Sauk	42 min
Jun 25, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	40 min
Jun 25, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	36 min
Jun 25, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Green	43 min
Jun 25, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	40 min
Jun 25, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Iowa	34 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Rock	27 min

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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.