Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1988, 12:34 AM CST for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1988, 12:34 AM CST (06:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1988, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Milwaukee 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 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Nov 15, 11:15 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1114PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 3AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1110 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR AND SATELITE INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY REACHES FROM FOND DU LAC..DODGE..JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WASHINGTON..OZAUKEE.. WAUKESHA..MILWAUKEE..RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. STRONG SURFACE WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE WIND SPEEDS... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WITH PONDING OF WATER AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPAIRED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:47 PM CST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1145PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 3AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1140 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME WIND DAMAGE AROUND THE ROCKFORD ILLINOIS AREA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RACE INTO DODGE.. WASHINGTON..WAUKESHA..MILWAUKEE..RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. ^ IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WAS ACCOMPANYING SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS WITH PONDING OF WATER AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPAIRED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:48 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ..CORRECTION.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1145PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 3AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1140 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME WIND DAMAGE AROUND THE ROCKFORD ILLINOIS AREA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RACE INTO DODGE.. WASHINGTON..WAUKESHA..MILWAUKEE..RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. ^ IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WAS ACCOMPANYING SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS WITH PONDING OF WATER AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPAIRED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. ZAJDEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Washington, Waukesha | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.