Posted on 08/18/2005 6:02:32 PM PDT by MediaMole
Numerous reports of tornadoes on the ground In Jefferson, Dane counties. Storm is moving toward Waukesha County ----
Tornado Warning
WIC105-127-190145- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0036.050819T0048Z-050819T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 748 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF WHITEWATER...OR ABOUT NEAR MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WHITEWATER AROUND 815 PM CDT...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4284 8902 4280 8909 4270 8832 4282 8833
$$
REM
This looks like a very dangerous situation with two tornadoes on the ground for a lengthy period of time.
You're up, spotter:')
coming my way.
ping
look out be careful
Update...
WUUS53 KMKX 190116 SVRMKX WIC055-133-190200- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0141.050819T0116Z-050819T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 816 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMYRA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST TROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH PRAIRIE AROUND 830 PM CDT... MUKWONAGO AROUND 840 PM CDT... BIG BEND AROUND 855 PM CDT... MUSKEGO AROUND 900 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4298 8863 4285 8866 4284 8805 4297 8807 $$ REM
This is the cell that earlier dropped the tornadoes around Jefferson.
There also is a tornado warning for Outagamie County (the Appleton area) until 8:30. That part of the storm has also dropped several tornadoes in counties to the west.
I guess it's going west to east and won't come your way?
Do you have a basement?
And yes, I do have a basement and about 6 miles of warning if they issue anything for Milwaukee County based on that severe t-storm.
My s-i-l called from just a couple of blocks away from me in Greenfield, (SW suburb of Milwaukee) to say there is stuff falling from the sky. I can't see anything here, but the lightning is INCREDIBLE!
Just talked to s-i-l again. She's on the phone with her friend in Waukesha County who says her mother had someone's tax forms fall into her yard.
I'm in northern Waukesha county and we have nothing. Just a bit of a breeze. It is so strange how these things happen in one place and nearby there is no sign.
WTMJ now reporting 60-90 homes destroyed in Stoughton/McFarland area.
Some incredible pictures are coming out of Stoughton (just south of Madison). WTMJ-TV is reporting 60-80 homes damaged to destroyed, 3 injuries and no deaths so far.
I am in Brookfield. About 30 minutes ago, we had corn husks falling in our yard - right out of the clear blue sky. I've lived in this area most of my life, and I've never seen that before.
Ok that's good news.
I just hope everyone will be ok where these things have touched down and are going!
When I first moved here, the first night a storm blew through with 80 mph winds and tore down trees and took off roofs. That was enough for me. Jack and I got under the covers, no basement. Quite a housewarming.
It looks like it's heading south a little bit, so it should miss most of the major Milwaukee suburbs. Good news.
I wanted the drought broken; just not with hail.
Just went out to (unsuccessfully) take photos of the lightning. Amazing clouds and lightning, though.
I wonder if that is what she was seeing coming out of the sky. She said it didn't look like paper, but it was faling from above the tree line. It's really weird.
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