Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1988, 7:52 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 22, 1988, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1988, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, WI | |
| Jun 22, 8:01 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ozaukee, 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 nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 221252
SVRMKE
WIC089-131-221400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
752 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
OZAUKEE...WASHINGTON
...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF
....LAKE MICHIGAN.
AT 750 AM TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR ALLENTON 35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. 62 MPH WINDS
WERE RECORDED WITH THESE STORMS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL AFFECT WEST BEND AND THEN MOVE
INTO OZAUKEE COUNTY.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
HENTZWhat 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, Jun 22, 2:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 205 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 200 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN RHINELANDER TO JUST WEST OF WAUSAU. THESE STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED RATHER RAPIDLY AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGNTING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL STILL BE AFFECTING PEOPLE IN FOREST LANGLANDE AND EASTERN MARATHON COUNTIES AFTER 230 AM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 310 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 305 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN FOND DU LAC...DODGE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING INTO JEFFERSON AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISEDT TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 330 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY... AT 325 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN`S DODGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY AROUND THE TOWN OF HORICON...38 MILES SOUTH OF OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE TOWN OF NENNO IN WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 4AM AND 430 AM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITHs THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 450 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.. AT 445 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER FOND DU LC...SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON...AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE EFFECTING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LATER THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIED HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 610 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 605 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF WISCONSIN. THE STORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND INTENSIFIED OVER THE LAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER WASHINGTON AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES AND MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFING OVER COLUMBIA AND DANE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE EFFECTING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LATER THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. AN OBSERVER AT GRAFTON IN OZAUKEE COUNTY REPORTED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. PER.SONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAIPDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:01 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 700 AM CDT WED JUN 22 1988 ...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 700 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTROMS FROM NEAR SHEBOYGAN TO HORICON BACK TO JUST NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS DODGE AND FAR SOUTHERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. EXPECT STRONG GlUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTH ANY MAY REACH THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA AFTER 8AM. HENTZ
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.