Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1988, 6:11 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waushara 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, 6:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Waushara, WI | |
| May 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Waushara, 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, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 8, 5:13 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 510 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED AT 430 PM CDT THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN. NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF WISCONSIN AS A FEW TORNADOS HAVE TOUCHED DOWN. STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RCM
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, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa | 39 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, 6:28 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, 1988Every 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.