Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 6:02 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1990, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 022304
SVRMKE
WIC059-101-022345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
602 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
...KENOSHA...RACINE
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
AT 6PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
WESTERN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
WALWORTH COUNTY BEFORE 6PM.
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, Jun 2, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 400 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH 373 CANCELLED... A PART OF TORNADO WATCH 373 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. VERNON CRAWFORD RICHLAND GRANT IOWA LAFAYETTE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE ABOVE AREA. THE REST OF THE WISCONSIN PART OF TORPNADO WATCH 373 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
WIZ014-WIZ018-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 400 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH 373 CANCELLED... A PART OF TORNADO WATCH 373 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. VERNON CRAWFORD RICHLAND GRANT IOWA LAFAYETTE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE ABOVE AREA. THE REST OQF THE WISCONSIN PART OF TORNADO WATCH 373 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WIZ007-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 423 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN PORTAGE COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 420 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY NEAR AMHERST...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEVENS POINT. THIS THUNDSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY BETWEEN 425 PM AND 445 PM. NO SEVERE WEAnTHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PORTAGE COUNTY SINCE HIGH WINDS KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. HAHN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
WIZ016-WIZ020-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 430 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN JEFFERSON..DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 425 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN WESTERN PARTS OF JEFFERSON..DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PMs. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. HAASE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:13 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
WIZ019-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 510 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY AT 510 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WHEN PASSING THROUGH ROCK COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ABOUT ON THE COUNTY LINE AT 510 APPROACHING THE TOWNS OF RICHMOND AND WHITEWATER OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE IS TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH BUT INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF A LINE OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FOR WHICH WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY YET INTENSIFY AND PERSONS IN WALWORTH COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND GO TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A BASEMENT SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. OSTER
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
530 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
315 PM CDT...1/4 INCH HAIL CROSS PLAINS. REPORTED BY FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE.
330 PM CDT...TREES DOWN IN DEFOREST. REPORTED BY DANE COUNTY SHERIFF.
345 PM CDT...HAM OPERATER REPORTED WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 60 MPH TWO MILES
WNW MIDDLETON.
400 PM CDT...ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND WEST BELTLINE OF MADISON.
421 PM CDT...1/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 49 MPH AT MSN WEATHER OFFICE.
SWENSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark, Taylor | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington, Waukesha | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 46 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.