Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1989, 8:59 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1989, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fond du Lac County, WI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 250200
TORMKE
WIC039-250215-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
859 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...FOND DU LAC
AT 855 PM THE STATE POLICE RECEIVED ANOTHER REPORT OF A TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN EAST OF RIPON NEAR HIGHWAY M NORTH OF HIGHWAY 23
IN THE ROSENDALE AREA. THIS IS ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF OSHKOSH.
THIS IS IN NORTH CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF N O BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
HENTZThe 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, 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 24, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.