Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1988, 4:11 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 3, 1988, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1988, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheboygan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sheboygan, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 032119 COR
TORMKE
WIC117-032145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ...CORRECTED TO ADD SPECIAL MARINE
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WARNING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
411 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...SHEBOYGAN AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
AT 400 PM A FIRE CHIEF IN SILVER CREEK...NEAR RANDOM CREEK IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF
MILWAUKEE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN
AND CARS BLOWN AROUND. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE CEDEAR GROVE AND OOSTBURG.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
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.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 105 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 100 PM...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR FORT ATKINSON...OR 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN FAR WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AS THE STORMS DEVELOPED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM. OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF DODGE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES AFTER 130 PM CDT. WINDS TO 40 MPH .. VERY 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. STUREY
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 56 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, 29 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, 14 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
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.