Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 24, 1988Portage County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1988, 5:56 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 24, 1988, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Portage 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Portage, 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, Jul 24, 2:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
256 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1988

...A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSINS
   FOND DU LAC COUNTY...

AT 254 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC...16 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH TO THE CITY OF HARTFORD 30 NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THE TOWN OF
MARBLEHEAD IN SOUTHERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. AT 245 PM...WINDS GUSTING
TO 50 MPH AND 1/4 INCH HAIL WERE REPORTED WERE REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
FOND DU LAC ON HIGHWAY 41 AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING
SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON...AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR VERY
RAPID DEVELOPMENT...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD
THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS.

KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
350 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE
CITY OF SHEBOYGAN IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH WASHINGTON
COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF WEST BEND AND HARTFORD...OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY... THEN INTO WAUKESHA COUNTY NEAR THE
CITY OF WAUKESHA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON AND
WAUKESHA COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM.  STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF
OZAUKEE AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES AFTER 4 PM.

GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
^
BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE TO SHEBOYGAN SHOULD BE%
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

STUREY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:56 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
350 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE
CITY OF SHEBOYGAN IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH WASHINGTON
COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF WEST BEND AND HARTFORD...OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE...THEN INTO WAUKESHA COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF
WAUKESHA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SHEBOYGAN...WASHINGTON AND
WAUKESHA COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM.  STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF
OZAUKEE AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES AFTER 4 PM.

GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
^
BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE TO SHEBOYGAN SHOULD BE
ALERT TO) RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

STUREY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
515 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1988

AT 510 PM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED AROUND PITTSVILLE IN
WOOD COUNTY...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WOOD COUNTY THROUGH
ABOUT 615 PM. A FEW STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF PORTAGE COUNTY
SHORaTLY.

GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDER/
STORMS.

IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
^
STUREY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
545 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1988

AT 540 PM...  RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE VILIAS AND
ONEIDA COUNTY LINE NEAR THE TOWN OF MINOCQUA...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RHINELANDER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF ONEIDA
COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM.   STORMS MAY REACH NORTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
LANGLADE AND WESTERN FOREST COUNTY BY 630 PM.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
^
STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac26 min
Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon33 min
Jul 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon32 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.