Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1991, 3:19 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1991, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1991, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 012019 TORMKE WIC089-131-012115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 319 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...OZAUKEE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AT 315 PM...GERMANTOWN POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE GERMANTOWN AREA. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE MEQUON...CEDARBURG AND THIENSVILLE. 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.
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, Jul 1, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-011930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 120 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STARTING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH/CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 120 PM SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH/CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARKESAN IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY THROUGH MADISON TO NEAR MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PUSH INTO FOND DU LAC...DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 1.45 AND 2.15 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON...AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. / KAVINSKY/HAASE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
WIZ015-019-011950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 120 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 115 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WEST OF A LINE FROM RIPON...OR 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON...TO 10 MILES WEST OF MADISON...TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARLINGTON...OR 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LODI...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...TO PORTAGE OR 25 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THE AREA OF STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR&S AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE HOUR OR TWO. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 200 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 2 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR RIPON IN WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY TO NEAR STOUGHTON IN DANE COUNTY. ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEWASKUM OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST BEND. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF DODGE...JEFFERSON AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES THROUGH 2.45 PM. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND POSSIBLY THE REST OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN aTHIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL RESULT STRONG WIND GUSTS...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:39 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 237 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 235 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF FOND DU LAC TO JUNEAU IN DODGE COUNTY TO LAKE MILLS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 215 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 40 TO 45 MPH WINDS AND STREET FLOODING IN WATERLOO...WHICH IS IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT FOND DU LAC..DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM AND WILL THEN MOVE INTO WASHINGTON AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HIGH WINDS AND HAIL. < PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT. HAASE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:02 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 255 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC...TO HARTFORD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TO FORT ATKINSON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ESTIMATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH STORMS DEVELOPING ON THE SOUTHERN END. STORMS WILL AFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AT LEAST. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. ^ STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STUREY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
WIZ011-015-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 220 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF MAUSTON..OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. RADAR SHOWED THAT THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOUNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL FROM THIS STORM. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. MOONEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 28 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.