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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 15, 2022Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2022, 5:21 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 15, 2022, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2022, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

204 
WFUS53 KMKX 152221
TORMKX
WIC111-152245-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0008.220615T2221Z-220615T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
521 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Sauk County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 545 PM CDT.
    
* At 521 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles northwest of Prairie Du Sac, moving northeast
  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Baraboo, Reedsburg, Lake Delton, West Baraboo, Bluffview, North
  Freedom, Rock Springs, Loganville and Devils Lake St Park.

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.

This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4362 8978 4360 8976 4360 8972 4359 8972
      4358 8973 4357 8973 4356 8960 4341 8960
      4327 9001 4349 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 240DEG 43KT 4337 8988 

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

$$

STUMPF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		31 hr
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	51 min
Jun 15, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Iowa, Sauk	48 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Sauk	42 min
Jun 15, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Marquette	58 min
Jun 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		8 hr
Jun 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Marquette	36 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	47 min
Jun 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MKX	Green Lake	51 min
Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk	45 min
Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia	42 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	51 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette	39 min
Jun 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette	39 min
Jun 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake	35 min
Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green Lake	25 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	37 min
Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	41 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	48 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge	39 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.