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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 8, 1988Iowa County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1988, 4:21 PM CDT for Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 1988, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 1988, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Iowa County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Iowa, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 3:28 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Richland	45 min
May 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Iowa	45 min
May 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Sauk	48 min
May 8, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Juneau, Sauk	29 min
May 8, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Dane, Green	40 min
May 8, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Columbia	49 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Green Lake, Marquette	68 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Adams	68 min
May 8, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	34 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waupaca	62 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Winnebago	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.