Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1991, 9:15 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- May 27, 1991, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1991, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wood, 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 00:00Z, 2.3 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 280216 SVRMKE WIC141-280300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WOOD COUNTY AT 913 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE JACKSON/WOOD COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF BABCOCK AND DEXTERVILLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DOv NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TZ
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, May 27, 4:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
WIZ011-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 425 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 425 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY. THIS WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. PIERCE
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
WIZ011-272340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 535 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 530 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL NORTHWEST OF JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. PIERCE
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
WIZ007-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 600 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 600 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MARATHON AND NORTHWEST WOOD COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE NEAR SPENCER IN MARATHON COUNTIES...35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU TO MARSHFIELD IN NORTHWEST WOOD COUNTY...26 MILES NORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE TOWNS OF HEWITT IN NORTHERN WOOD...AND STRATFORD IN CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY BY 630 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND HAIL. PERSONS IN MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATNING WEATHER APPROACH. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
WIZ007-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 623 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 623 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WOOD AND SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTIES...ENTERING NORTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE FROM NEAR DANCY IN SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU TO NEAR MILLADORE IN EASTERN WOOD COUNTY... 14 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO NEAR JUNCTION CITY IN NORTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY...11 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEVENS POINT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL BE NEAR STEVENS POINT BY 645 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MARATHON...EASTERN WOOD...AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR THESE STORMS A+ND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:41 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
WIZ002-004-007-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 842 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 CLEARED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES AND COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN... ...ZONE 2... ASHLAND IRON VILAS ...ZONE 4... LINCOLN ONEIDA PRICE TAYLOR ...ZONE 7... MARATHON > PORTAGE WOOD TZ
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:10 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
WIZ007-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 908 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1991 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WOOD COUNTY... AT 908 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE TOWN OF BABCOCK...16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS BY 920 PM. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS ITm MOVED THROUGH EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER. KOCHIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.