Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1991, 6:41 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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 29, 1991, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wood, WI | |
| May 29, 7:00 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 12:00Z, 11.7 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 292342 SVRMKE WIC141-300015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 641 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WOOD COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY NEAR NEKOOSA AND PITTSVILLE...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM IS WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND PORT EDWARDS. 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. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HAASE
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 29, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WIZ006-007-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 410 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 400 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN CLARK COUNTY BY 430 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HUMBIRD...WILLARD AND NEILSVILLE MOUNDS OF CLARK COUNTY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. REMAIN ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY. DAVIS
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
WIZ004-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 425 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 420 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY NEAR PERKINSTOWN...OR 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STORMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF PERKINSTOWN...MURAT AND CHELSEA THROUGH 530 PM. GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN TAYLOR COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ^ STUREY
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
WIZ004-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH/CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 445 PM...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST/SOUTHWEST OF TOMAHAWK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PASS AROUND TOMAHAWK...BRADLEY AND HEAFFORD JCT THROUGH 6 PM. GUSTY WINDS...SOME H<AIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN LINCOLDN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ^ STUREY
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ011-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 535 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 530 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUTOMA OR 70 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MAUSTON OR 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF JUNEAU...ADAMS..AND WAUSHARA COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. PIERCE
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
WIZ007-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 620 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 AT 615 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND PITTSVILLE IN WOOD COUNTY...OR 15 MILES WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS... SOUTH TO AROUND BABCOCK...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE RAPIDS. MORE STORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN THE BANCROFT AREA OF PORTAGE COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT. RADAR HAS SHOWED INTENSIFICATION IN THESE AREAS THE PAST 10 MINUTES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM. GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. ^ PERSONS IN WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN EXTRA ALERT AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STUREY
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:22 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ011-014-015-018-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 620 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR JUNEAU...ADAMS...WAUSHARA...MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE ...SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR RICHLAND...IOWA AND DANE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 615 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON IN JUNEAU COUNTY NEAR CAMP DOUGLAS AND NEW LISBON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY TOWARD THE CITIES OF FRIENDSHIP/ADAMS AND NEW ROME. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NOAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark, Taylor | 61 min |
| May 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 12 min |
| May 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 67 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.