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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 24, 1989Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 11:58 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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 24, 1989, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1989, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 12:10 AM CDTTornado F0Milwaukee, WI
May 25, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Waukesha, 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 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, May 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 7:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
715 PM CDT WEDNESDAY MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARQUETTE/WAUSHARA COUTIES TIL 745 PM...

AT 705 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF THE WISCONSIN DELLS OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF WAUTOMA..OR 65 MILES DUE NORTH OF MADISON.
70 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL WERE REPORTED IN THE PLAINFEILD AREA AT
710 PM.  ALSO..ONE QUATER TO ONE HALF INCH  HAIL AND SIGNS BLOWING ACROSS
ROADS WERE REPORTED IN EAST ADAMS COUNTY.  HEAVY RAINS AND 2FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.  THEY ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
823 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FOND DU LAC COUNTY...

AT 820 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN
FOND DU LAC COUNTY. FARTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST GREEN
LAKE COUNTY TO SOUTHWEST MARQUETTE COUNTY.

AT 812 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY
NEAR OXFORD.

THE LINE OF STORMS IN MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTY WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN THESE AREAS. PERSONS IN FOND DU LAC
COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

FIELD
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
909 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD DODGE COUNTY...

AT 907 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL FROM SOUTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY
NEAR BRANDON TO NEAR POYNETTE IN CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE
AFFECTING DODGE COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS./..AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

FIELD
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
1150 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN UNTIL 5 AM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AT 1120 PM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERTORMS EXTENDS FROM SHEBOYEGAN
TO WATERTOWN..30 MILES EAST OF MADISON, TO EDGERTON..SOUTHEAST OF
MADISON. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER EASTERN DODGE COUNTY
AND NORTHEASTWARD.  ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING, VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WATERTOWN REPORTED
50 MPH WIND AND UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AT 1140 PM.

SWENSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac19 min
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac16 min
May 24, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon, Wood53 min
May 24, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac55 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXPortage63 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac20 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSheboygan29 min
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson64 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan, Washington60 min
May 24, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee61 min
May 25, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee33 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXWaukesha31 min
May 25, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine58 min
May 25, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXRacine37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.