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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2025, 3:54 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 11, 2025, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2025, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
738
WFUS53 KMKX 112054
TORMKX
WIC065-112145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0013.250711T2054Z-250711T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
354 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Lafayette County in south central Wisconsin...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Belmont, or 9 miles west of Darlington, moving
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
Darlington, Fayette, and Calamine.
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 4281 9002 4259 8996 4259 9025 4275 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 256DEG 17KT 4265 9030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
HEEREN2 follow-up statements
054
WWUS53 KMKX 112127
SVSMKX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
427 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025
WIC065-112145-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250711T2145Z/
Lafayette WI-
427 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY...
At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Darlington, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Fayette.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4267 8998 4266 9007 4277 9012 4281 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 255DEG 23KT 4270 9003
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
HEEREN476 WWUS53 KMKX 112137 SVSMKX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 437 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 WIC065-112147- /O.EXP.KMKX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250711T2145Z/ Lafayette WI- 437 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT... The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for south central Wisconsin. LAT...LON 4267 8998 4266 9007 4277 9012 4281 9002 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 256DEG 17KT 4271 8997 $$ HEEREN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 44 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.