Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| May 25, 12:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Waukesha, 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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 19 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 16 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 53 min |
| May 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 55 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 20 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 29 min |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan, Washington | 60 min |
| May 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 31 min |
| May 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 58 min |
| May 25, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.