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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 25, 2022Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2022, 6:25 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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, 2022, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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, 6:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Wnw Beloit, WI	EF-0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WIND OF 75 MPH.
May 25, 6:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Wnw Beloit, WI	STORM SPOTTER REPORTS DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHEET METAL ROOFING.
May 25, 6:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Wnw Beloit, WI	VIDEO SHARED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA CONFIRMS TORNADO AT PADDOCK AND FINLEY ROADS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 25, 6:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nw Beloit, WI	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS DAMAGE TO TREES AND VEHICLE AT THIS LOCATION.
May 25, 7:03 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Beloit, WI	BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED VIDEO OF DAMAGE AT WI-213 AND WEST SPRING CREEK RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 25, 7:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Beloit, WI	REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. THIS REPORT GENERALLY MATCHES OTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN THE AREA.

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, 11.4 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

917 
WFUS53 KMKX 252325
TORMKX
WIC105-260000-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0004.220525T2325Z-220526T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
625 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Rock County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 700 PM CDT.
    
* At 625 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Durand, or 9 miles west of Rockton, moving
  northeast at 25 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Beloit and Newark. 

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 4250 8929 4262 8918 4255 8898 4249 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 216DEG 21KT 4244 8925 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

PATTERSON

2 follow-up statements

708 
WWUS53 KMKX 252344
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
644 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022

WIC105-260000-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/
Rock WI-
644 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY...
    
At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Beloit, moving northeast at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Beloit and Newark. 

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 4250 8929 4262 8918 4255 8898 4249 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 216DEG 21KT 4253 8916 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

PATTERSON

519 
WWUS53 KMKX 252356
SVSMKX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
656 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022

WIC105-260006-
/O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220526T0000Z/
Rock WI-
656 PM CDT Wed May 25 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4250 8929 4262 8918 4255 8898 4249 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 216DEG 21KT 4259 8911 

$$

PATTERSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 3:09 AM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	24 hr
May 25, 1:21 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MKX		36 hr
May 25, 2:23 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.