Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1988, 6:04 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1988, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1988, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, WI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 052304
SVRMKE
WIC131-052330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
604 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
WASHINGTON
AT 6 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WAHSINGTON COUNTY NEAR
SLINGER. AT 555 PM THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH
THE STORM. IT WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT MAINLY CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE MAIN
STORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OSTERWhat 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, Apr 5, 5:42 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 540 PM CST TUE APR 5 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR DODGE COUNTY... AT 540 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY..ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THIS STORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY NEAR FOX LAKE BETWEEN NOW AND 615 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER IT MAY THEN MOVE INTO FOND DU LAC COUNTY. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM 6 PM TIL 11 PM. OSTER
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:47 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 550 PM CDT TUESDAY APRIL 4 1988 ..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 535 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL T
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 43 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.