Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 6:02 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood 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 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wood, WI | |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Wood, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 242303 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC141-242345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
602 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...WOOD
AT 600 PM 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM AT BABCOCK IN SOUTHERN
WOOD COUNTY 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HENTZWhat 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, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 343 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM... AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS YET...BUT CONDITIONS FAVOR THE STRENGTHENING OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING LINCOLN.. MARATHON..AND WOOD COUNTIES BETWEEN 345 AND 445 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. FIELD
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 505 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM... AT 503 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. AT 455 PM THE WOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE PITTSVILLE AREA...ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING PARTS OF EASTERN WOOD...WESTERN PORTAGE ...EASTERN MARATHON...AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 615 PM. PERSONS SHOULD CONTtINUE TO BE ON THE OOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. FIELD
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 545 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM... AT 543 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN 550 PM AND 630 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. FIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.