Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 10:18 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1990, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 100318
SVRMKE
WIC141-100400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1018 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...WOOD
AT 1015 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
THE TOWN OF BABCOCK IN SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE BABCOCK...PITTSVILLE...
DEXTERVILLE AND LINDSEY AND BAKERVILLE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, 8:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 57 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
Local storm report, Sep 9, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
840 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
WW#738
735 PM CDT...WAUSHARA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS BETWEEN HANCOCK AND PLAINFIEL7D.
830 PM CDT...GREEN LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 3/4 INCH HAIL AND VERY
STRONG WINDS IN BERLIN.
NOAHSpecial weather statement, Sep 9, 9:52 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ012-013-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 950 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 AT 945 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS FOND DU LAC COUNTY. ONE AREA OF STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF DOTYVILLE OR 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE OTHER AREA OF STORMS HAD REDEVELOPED NEAR THE TOWN OF RIPON...OR 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM CDT. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM. THESE STORMS WILL TEND TO FLUCTUATE IN INTENSITY THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. AS A RESULT SOME GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGION. STUREY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1000 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES WEST AND NORTH OF MADISON JUST NORTH OF THE CITIES OF LONE ROCK AND CAMP DOUGLAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTH- CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT 1000 PM CDT. NOAH
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:02 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1000 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES WEST AND NORTH OF MADISON JUST NORTH OF THE CITIES OF LONE ROCK AND CAMP DOUGLAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTH- CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT 1000 PM CDT. NOAH
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, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 63 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.