Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 2:10 PM CST for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 27, 1991, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:30 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Dodge, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 272011 TORMKE WIC027-272045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 210 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY AT 210 PM THE DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOCHDOWN NEAR NEOSHO IN SOUTHEAST DODGE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. HENTZ Q
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 27, 12:01 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
WIZALL-012-013-015-016-017-018-019-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1159 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SINCE 11 AM. RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOMIRA IN DODGE COUNTY... ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. IT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD FeOND DU LAC. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON IN ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. / HAHN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 145 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH INCLUDING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS DETECTED BY RADAR 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR DUBUQUE IOWA AND 3/4 INCH HAIL AT THE DUBUQUE AIRPORT AROUND THE NOON HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS IS A A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. NOAH
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:59 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
WIZ012-013-014>020-272220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1255 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 1255 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DETECTD. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS MORE STORMS DEVELOP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR SOUTHERN AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IF TORNADOES DEVELOP...SOME MAY BE VERY DAMAGING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:13 PM CST, 57 minutes before
WIZ012-013-014>020-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 110 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 110 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF ROCKFORD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR AND WEST OF JANESVILLE...AND MAY AFFECT PARTS OF JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIUES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY 2 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR SOUTHERN AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IF TORNADOES DEVELOP...SOME MAY BE VERY DAMAGING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALO FT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:24 PM CST, 46 minutes before
WIZ011-007-008-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 120 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 115 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH PORTAGE COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONISN...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF WAUSAU. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST WAUPACA AND SOUTHWEST SHAWANO COUNTIES BY 2PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WISCOSIN. IF TORNADOES DEVELOP...SOME MAY BE VERY DAMAGING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:39 PM CST, 31 minutes before
WIZ012-013-014>020-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 135 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 130 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MADISON TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...OR FROM SOUTHWEST DODGE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN DANE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE HEADING INTO DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BY 2PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR SOUTHERN AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IF TORNADOES DEVELOP...SOME MAY BE VERY DAMAGING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR FUR5THER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 62 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.