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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 46 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.