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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 12, 2022Kenosha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 2022, 12:57 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 18 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
Oct 12, 2022, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2022, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Kenosha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2022-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2022-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

775 
WFUS53 KMKX 121757
TORMKX
WIC059-121815-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0022.221012T1757Z-221012T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1257 PM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Kenosha County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 115 PM CDT.
    
* At 1256 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
  were located along a line extending from near Mount Pleasant to
  near Kenosha to near Wadsworth, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. There have multiple reports of 
           short lived tornadoes with this line of storms.

  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...
  Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie, Winthrop Harbor and Russell. 

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 4267 8784 4267 8781 4261 8782 4255 8781
      4252 8781 4249 8780 4249 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 281DEG 35KT 4266 8782 4256 8789 4247 8798 

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

$$

GAGAN
1 follow-up statement
117 
WWUS53 KMKX 121810
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
110 PM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022

WIC059-121820-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-221012T1815Z/
Kenosha WI-
110 PM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KENOSHA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 115
PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4267 8784 4267 8781 4261 8782 4255 8781
      4252 8781 4249 8780 4249 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 281DEG 35KT 4263 8765 4253 8772 4244 8781 

$$

GAGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 2:50 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX43 hr
Oct 12, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen30 min
Oct 12, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha33 min
Oct 12, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha29 min
Oct 12, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington49 min
Oct 12, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha29 min
Oct 12, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX86 min
Oct 12, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha5 min
Oct 12, 11:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Waukesha23 min
Oct 12, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee43 min
Oct 12, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXOzaukee23 min
Oct 12, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth67 min
Oct 12, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee35 min
Oct 12, 12:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha47 min
Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.