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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 3, 1988Racine County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1988, 7:32 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1988, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1988, 8:24 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Racine County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Aug 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
316 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 300 PM...THUNDERSTORMS CONTOINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN GENERALLY TO THE NORTH OF LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO NEAR
MADISON.  SEVERAL STRONG CELLS WERE REPORTED NEAR PORT WASHINGTON IN
OZAUKEE COUNTY...BETWEEN WEST BEND AND HARTFORD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
AND NEAR JUNEAU IN DODGE COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GUSTY WINDS
..PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.  AN OBSERVER NEAR JACKSON (25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
MILWAUKEE) IN WASHINGTON COUNTY REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH AT 305 PM CDT.

GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN .. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORMS.
^
IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

SCAFFIDI
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
345PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

....THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE IN SOUTH..CENTRAL WISCONSIN....

SEVERAL GROUPS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH..CENTAL WISCONSIN
WERE REPORTED TO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...
AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH.  ONE THUNERSTORM IN EAST..CENTRAL
COLUMBIA COUNTY HAD PEA SIZE HAIL.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND IF
POSSIBLE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
STIMACH
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
400 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...

AT 350 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHERN SHEBOYGAN.
THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOM LAKE IN SOUTHERN
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...ABOUT 36 MILES NORTH OF MILWAUKEE.

OTHER INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED WEST THROUGH FOND DU LAC COUNTY NEAR THE
CITY OF BRANDON...OR 23 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE
IN PARTS OF SHEBOYGAN AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT.

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
^
STUREY
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac57 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge35 min
Aug 4, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWaukesha28 min
Aug 4, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee46 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.