Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 8:27 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1990, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 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, 1.5 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
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKE 100128
SVRMKE
WIC039-100230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
827 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...FOND DU LAC
AT 825 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CITY
OF BERLIN IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT AROUND 35 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHWEST PART OF FOND DU LAC
COUNTY SHORTLY.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS
50 MPH.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE RIPON AND ROSENDALE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Sep 9, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 615 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ROUGHLY 75 MILES NORTH OF MADISON EXTENDING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JUNEAU...ADAMS...AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. WAUSHARA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SMALL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 100 YARDS AND MODERATE WINDS AT 610 PM CDT. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN THESE AREAS AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. NOAH
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ007-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 710 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES... AT 705 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF RATHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY FROM NEAR PORT EDWARDS TO AROUND KELLNER...OR JUST SOUTH OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF WOOD COUNTY TIL AROUND 730 PM OR SO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF PORTAGE COUNTY AROUND BANCROFT SHORTLY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WOOD AND SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALUERT FOR THESE STORMS. STUREY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WIZ012-013-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 725 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 AT 720 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF RATHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE WINNEBAGO. LATEST RADAR LOOPS NOW SHOW THESE STORMS TAKING MORE OF A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY CATCH PARTS OF NORTHEAST FOND DUC LAC COUNTY AROUND THE TOWNS OF PIPE...MARYTOWN AND JOHNSBURG. THE STORMS WILL BE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 8 PM OR SO. STORMS WILL BE MOVING IN- TO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AFTER 730 PM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLi IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. PERSONS IN FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. STUREY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:02 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
WIZ012-013-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 800 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 AT 755 PM... RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST FOND DU LAC AND NORTHERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...ROUGHLY FROM MT CALVARY IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY OR 11 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC EAST TO AROUND ELKART LAKE IN NORTHERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. AT 740 PM...STRONG WINDS AND SOME SMALL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE TAYCHEEDAH AREA OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY. BUT SINCE THEN...RADAR HAS SHOWN THE STORMS TO BE ON THE DECREASE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ON LAKE MICHIGAN AND BE READY TO GET TO HARBOR IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. ^ STUREY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:03 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
WIZ004-007-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 802 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 758 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE HANNIBAL AREA OF WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY AS WELL AS THE THORP AREA OF NORTHWEST CLARK COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM CDT. THIS IS ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALL INTERESTS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN TAYLOR AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE APPROACHING STORMS. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:21 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ012-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 820 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 815 PM... RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPON...BACK THROUGH GREEN LAKE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SOME SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL TAKE IT INTO PARTS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY COUNTY AFTER 830 PM. PERSONS IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR POSSIBLE FORTHCOMING WARNINGS. ^ STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Taylor | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 42 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.