Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 3:38 PM CST for Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Racine County, WI, Walworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:54 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Walworth, WI | |
| Mar 13, 4:07 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 132138 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC101-127-132245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
338 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
RACINE...WALWORTH
...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF
....LAKE MICHIGAN.
AT 335...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHEAST
WALWORTH COUNTY FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
BARN DAMAGE HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS HEADED FOR LAKE GENEVA...ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. ALSO...THE CITY OF BURLINGTON WILL BE
AFFECTED...ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF RACINE.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND N7EAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
HAHNWhat 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, Mar 13, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
WIZ016-017-019-020-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 125 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 120 PM..RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HARVARD IN NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF DELAVAN IN WALWORTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY BEFORE 2 PM...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM PASSING NEAR LAKE GENEVA. THEY WILL THEN CONTINUE ON INTO RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTY. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:14 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 210 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 200 PM...RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO JANESVILLE. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD NEAR 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 220 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 220 PM..RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ROCK COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE ROCK COUNTY SHERIFF JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF BELOIT. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE AND TRAVELERS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEAR THE WISCONSIN..ILLINOIS BORDER SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. PRZEKURAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.