Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 2:18 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 26, 1989, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Racine, WI | |
| Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Racine, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 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 261919
SVRMKE
WIC059-101-262000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
218 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
...KENOSHA...RACINE
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH AND AN UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD WERE REPORTED
IN CENTRAL KENOSHA COUNTY AT 210 PM BETWEEN BRISTOL AND PARIS OR ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THESE COUNTIES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDINGT BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.