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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 13, 2015Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 4:08 AM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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: Jul 13, 2015, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 4:29 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hustisford, WI	LARGE TREE SNAPPED. TREE FELL ON AND DAMAGED HOUSE. PICTURE RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

266 
WFUS53 KMKX 130908
TORMKX
WIC027-130945-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0003.150713T0908Z-150713T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
408 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
    
* AT 408 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...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...
  JUNEAU AROUND 420 AM CDT.
  WATERTOWN AROUND 425 AM CDT.
  HUSTISFORD AROUND 430 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RICHWOOD...CLYMAN...LEBANON...ASHIPPUN...NEOSHO...DANVILLE...
REESEVILLE...LEIPSIG...WOODLAND AND LOWELL.

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4321 8901 4324 8901 4342 8900 4339 8846
      4321 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 280DEG 45KT 4333 8896 

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

$$
COLLAR

4 follow-up statements

593 
WWUS53 KMKX 130913
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
413 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-130945-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
DODGE WI-
413 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DODGE COUNTY...
    
AT 412 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. AT 405 
AM...DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED IN COLUMBUS.

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...JUNEAU...HUSTISFORD...IRON RIDGE...ASHIPPUN...LEBANON...
WOODLAND...REESEVILLE...NEOSHO...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN...LOWELL...
DANVILLE AND LEIPSIG.

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 4321 8901 4324 8901 4342 8900 4339 8846
      4321 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 280DEG 45KT 4332 8887 

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

$$

SPM

373 
WWUS53 KMKX 130919
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-130945-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
DODGE WI-
419 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DODGE COUNTY...
    
AT 418 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNEAU...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. AT 
405 AM...MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN COLUMBUS.

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...JUNEAU...HUSTISFORD...IRON RIDGE...ASHIPPUN...LEBANON...
WOODLAND...REESEVILLE...NEOSHO...RICHWOOD...CLYMAN...LOWELL AND
LEIPSIG.

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 4321 8886 4329 8890 4341 8890 4339 8846
      4321 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 280DEG 45KT 4331 8876 

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

$$

SPM

246 
WWUS53 KMKX 130925
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
425 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-130945-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
DODGE WI-
425 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY...
    
AT 423 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HUSTISFORD...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF JUNEAU...MOVING 
EAST AT 50 MPH. AT 405 AM...MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN 
COLUMBUS.

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...JUNEAU...HUSTISFORD...ASHIPPUN...LEBANON...WOODLAND...
NEOSHO AND CLYMAN.

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 4321 8874 4330 8877 4340 8877 4339 8846
      4321 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 280DEG 45KT 4330 8866 

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

$$

SPM

337 
WWUS53 KMKX 130942
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
442 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

WIC027-130951-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
DODGE WI-
442 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER 
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4321 8874 4330 8877 4340 8877 4339 8846
      4321 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 280DEG 45KT 4330 8866 

$$

SPM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 2 more	82 min
Jul 13, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Marquette, Sauk	58 min
Jul 13, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	34 min
Jul 13, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Marquette, Sauk	59 min
Jul 13, 3:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Columbia	3 hr
Jul 13, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Dodge	3 hr
Jul 13, 3:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette	118 min
Jul 13, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 1 more	55 min
Jul 13, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette and 1 more	53 min
Jul 13, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		2 hr
Jul 13, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha	38 min
Jul 13, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth	45 min
Jul 13, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan	38 min
Jul 13, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	57 min
Jul 13, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Washington, Waukesha	21 min
Jul 13, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		66 min
Jul 13, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	37 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	39 min
Jul 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Sauk	40 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	46 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	49 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa	32 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.