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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2024, 10:33 PM CDT for Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 27, 2024, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2024, 10:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
677
WFUS53 KMKX 280333
TORMKX
WIC133-280400-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.240428T0333Z-240428T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1033 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 1033 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near New Berlin, moving east 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...
Waukesha, New Berlin, and Brookfield.
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 4293 8820 4298 8822 4303 8807 4293 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 255DEG 23KT 4295 8819
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CMILLER2 follow-up statements
520
WWUS53 KMKX 280341
SVSMKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1041 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
WIC133-280400-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240428T0400Z/
Waukesha WI-
1041 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY...
At 1041 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over New Berlin, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
New Berlin and Brookfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4293 8812 4301 8814 4303 8807 4293 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 255DEG 23KT 4296 8812
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
HALBACH714 WWUS53 KMKX 280343 RRA SVSMKX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 1043 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 WIC133-280353- /O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240428T0400Z/ Waukesha WI- 1043 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern Wisconsin. LAT...LON 4293 8812 4301 8814 4303 8807 4293 8807 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 255DEG 23KT 4296 8810 $$ HALBACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sheboygan | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sauk | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 9 min |
| Apr 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth, Waukesha | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 74 min |
| Apr 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 27, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine, Waukesha | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.