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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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 22, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Sun Prairie, WI |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KMKX 222330
TORMKX
WIC021-025-230000-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0041.240622T2330Z-240623T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
630 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Columbia County in south central Wisconsin...
Northeastern Dane County in south central Wisconsin...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 629 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Deforest, or near Windsor, moving east at 35 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...
Sun Prairie, Windsor, Deforest, Morrisonville, Token Creek, and
East Bristol.
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 4321 8946 4330 8947 4340 8909 4317 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 268DEG 29KT 4327 8940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DDV1 follow-up statement
025
WWUS53 KMKX 222346
SVSMKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
646 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024
WIC021-025-230000-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-240623T0000Z/
Columbia WI-Dane WI-
646 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN DANE COUNTIES...
At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sun Prairie, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Sun Prairie, Windsor, Deforest, Token Creek, and East Bristol.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 8936 4331 8932 4336 8910 4317 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 268DEG 29KT 4327 8921
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
DDVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sauk | 71 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green, Rock | 26 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia | 5 days |
| Jun 22, 4:11 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Jefferson | 21 days |
| Jun 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sauk | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa, Sauk | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Lafayette | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 49 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.