Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 7:24 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1990, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 130024
SVRMKE
WIC073-130115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
724 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...MARATHON
AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
THE STORMS WILL REACH WAUSAU BY 745 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUN
DERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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, Jun 12, 4:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 415 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 415 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR RHINELANDER...THEN SOUTHWEST TO WAUSAU TO LA CROSSE. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 510 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 505 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR WHITEHALL IN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CLARK AND WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES BY AROUND 520 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TOWNS OF THORP AND GILMAN. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST... NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HELMANR
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 548 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 545 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHWEST CLARK COUNTY 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR THORP. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY DURING THE LAST HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF THORP OWEN AND GREENWOOD BEFORE MOVING INTO TAYLOR COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 635 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN CLARK...TAYLOR AND NORTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU JUST SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD IN CLARK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY BETWEEN STRATFORD AND ABBOTSFORD. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:04 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 700 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF WAUSAU... AT 700 PM RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU NEAR STRATFORD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN CLARK...TAYLOR AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY TO NEAR WAUSAU BY 730 PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN IS INCREASING. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN TIL 11PM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:16 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
WIZ004-WIZ007-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 710 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF EAU CLAIRE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND BLINDING HEAVY R AINS. IF THIS LINE HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL MOVE INTO CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES AFTER 8PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO INCREASE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 8PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN TIL 11PM. HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark, Taylor | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Clark, Marathon | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.