WIC101-190245- /O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0038.050819T0152Z-050819T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 852 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...OR ABOUT NEAR EAST TROY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ROCHESTER AROUND 905 PM CDT... WATERFORD AROUND 910 PM CDT... WIND LAKE AROUND 915 PM CDT... STURTEVANT AND RACINE AROUND 945 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 8831 4268 8830 4268 8779 4284 8783 $$ REM
Hey Steve, thanks for the warning, but think by the time you posted this I already had everything shut down and was hauling butt into the basement! lol Had sightings of a couple funnel clouds about a mile from us, but never made it to the ground, fortunately. How was it in your area?