Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1988, 6:04 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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
- May 8, 1988, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 | Dodge, WI | |
| May 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Dodge, 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 nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 082317 COR
TORMKE
WIC027-082345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING ...CORRCTION FOR CITY DIRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
617 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
...DODGE
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 600 PM FROM THE DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF JUST
WEST OF REESEVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL BE
AFFECTING THE REESEVILLE LOWELL AREAS ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
MADISON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURET.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Taylor | 56 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 61 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Langlade | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.