Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 6:24 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 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
- May 24, 1989, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage 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, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Portage, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
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, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 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, 1 hour 18 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, 39 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, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 43 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.