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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 15, 2022Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2022, 5:33 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 5 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
Jun 15, 2022, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Columbia County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Pardeeville, WIDELAYED REPORT: TIME ESTIMATED ON RADAR. NEIGHBORHOOD INACCESSIBLE DUE TO NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Pardeeville, WIDELAYED REPORT: TIME ESTIMATED ON RADAR. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS SNAPPED AND TREES DOWN IN SAME NE DIRECTION ACROSS THE GOLF COURSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD. PORCH ROOF/OVERHANG WITH 3 LARGE SUPPORT BEAMS OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED LAKE HOUSE LIFTED AND BLOWN OFF.
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Pardeeville, WISOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF WINDS CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL A DAMAGE TO A BOAT ON SWAN LAKE. TIME ESTIMATE BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Pardeeville, WIDELAYED REPORT: TIME ESTIMATED ON RADAR. METAL CARPORT BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD AND TOOK OUT A POWER POLE.
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Pardeeville, WIPOWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD AND A SHED PARTLY DAMAGED.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2022-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1556 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 2022-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

111 
WFUS53 KMKX 152233
TORMKX
WIC021-152315-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0009.220615T2233Z-220615T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Columbia County in south central Wisconsin...

* Until 615 PM CDT.
    
* At 533 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Baraboo, moving northeast at 60 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...
  Portage and Pardeeville. 

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 4354 8924 4342 8960 4356 8960 4356 8965
      4357 8967 4357 8973 4358 8973 4364 8960
      4364 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 241DEG 53KT 4347 8971 

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

$$

STUMPF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX31 hr
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk51 min
Jun 15, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa, Sauk48 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk42 min
Jun 15, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXMarquette58 min
Jun 15, 5:07 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX8 hr
Jun 15, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMarquette36 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia47 min
Jun 15, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk24 min
Jun 15, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMKXGreen Lake51 min
Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk45 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk51 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette39 min
Jun 15, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette39 min
Jun 15, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake35 min
Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen Lake25 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia37 min
Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac41 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane48 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge39 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.