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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT for Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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
- May 25, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Montello, WI | LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 23. |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Harrisville, WI |
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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
781
WFUS53 KMKX 252319
TORMKX
WIC077-252345-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0003.160525T2319Z-160525T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
619 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTELLO...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTELLO...PACKWAUKEE...OXFORD...ENDEAVOR...GLEN OAK AND HARRISVILLE.
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 4377 8917 4377 8923 4376 8925 4374 8925
4366 8952 4374 8960 4379 8960 4395 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 232DEG 25KT 4375 8947
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BSH3 follow-up statements
222
WWUS53 KMKX 252324
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
624 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
WIC077-252345-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
624 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MARQUETTE COUNTY...
AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTELLO...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN MONTELLO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW!
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTELLO...PACKWAUKEE...ENDEAVOR...GLEN OAK AND HARRISVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4377 8917 4377 8923 4376 8925 4374 8925
4369 8943 4374 8952 4384 8952 4395 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 232DEG 25KT 4377 8943
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SPM670
WWUS53 KMKX 252331
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
631 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
WIC077-252345-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
631 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MARQUETTE COUNTY...
AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MONTELLO...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF PORTAGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTELLO...PACKWAUKEE...GLEN OAK AND HARRISVILLE.
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 4377 8917 4377 8923 4376 8925 4374 8925
4371 8937 4375 8946 4385 8945 4395 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 232DEG 25KT 4380 8938
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SPM220
WWUS53 KMKX 252342
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
642 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
WIC077-252351-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
MARQUETTE WI-
642 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HOWEVER THIS THUNDERSTORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
LAT...LON 4377 8917 4377 8923 4376 8925 4374 8925
4371 8937 4375 8946 4385 8945 4395 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 232DEG 25KT 4380 8938
$$
SPMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:55 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 8 hr | |
| May 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 29 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 18 min |
| May 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 67 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Marquette | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 46 min |
| May 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 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.