Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 26, 1989Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 1:35 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 26, 1989, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1989, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington 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
Jun 26, 2:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Sheboygan, 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, Jun 26, 11:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
1115 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
   WISCONSIN UNTIL 6 PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDER-
STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 6 PM CDT.

AT 1110 AM...MOST THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN WESTERN WISCONSIN EAST OF
LA CROSSE AND DOWN TO AROUND LONE ROCK.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS SHOULD START TO ENTER EASTERN WISCONSIN AFTER
12 NOON.

PERSONS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF
NECESSARY.
STUREY
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
1210 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FOND DU LAC DODGE AND JEFFERSON
   COUNTIES...

AT 1200 NOON CDT WEATHER RADAR DEPICTED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WISCONSIN DELLS THROUGH WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY
AND THROUGH NORTHWEST DANE COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF MADISON TO NEAR
DARLINGTON IN CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WHEN THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH SAUK COUNTY BETWEEN
1100 AM AND NOON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 TO
40 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENTERING FOND DU LAC DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
NEAR 100 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING AND DEVELOPING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF NECESSARY.   THE SITUATION  IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY AND SUBSEQUENT
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE SIUTU]ATION WARRANTS.

SCAFFIDI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson66 min
Jun 26, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha43 min
Jun 26, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine42 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.