Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Portage, 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 32 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.