Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1991, 3:00 PM CDT for Dodge County, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 7 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
- Jul 7, 1991, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1991, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dodge, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dodge, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jefferson, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 072003 TORMKE WIC027-055-072100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 302 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN DANE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE RACING EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES TIL 400 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR MIDDLETON IN CENTRAL DANE COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KOCHIS
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 7, 10:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
WIZ010>020-071800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1015 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR ALL OF WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ADVISORY...PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. TZ
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 125PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH..CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ADAMS...WAUSHARA... GREEN LAKE...JUNEAU...MARQUETTE...COLUMBIA...DANE...SAUK...RICHLAND... IOWA...GREEN...AND ROCK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CITIES...DODGEVILLE...RICHLAND CENTER... BARABOO...MAUSTON...ADAMS...MONTELLO...WAUTOMA...MARKESAN...WISCONSIN DELLS...PORTAGE...MADISON...MONROE...AND JANESVILLE. SOME OF THE STORMS APPROACHING IN THIS SYSTEM HAVE HAD DAMAGING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. IF SEVERE APPROACHES YOU SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 135 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE LACROSSE AREA...AND ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM NEAR LACROSSE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST IOWA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH.EAST WISCONSIN AFTER 300 PM. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:13 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 215 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MADISON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO DODGE...JEFFERSON AND DODGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM...AND INTO THE MILWAUKEE AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 400 AND 500 PM. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. J LASTT
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 215 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MADISON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO DODGE...JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM...AND INTO THE MILWAUKEE AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 400 AND 500 PM. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE DANGEROUS WEATHERZ SITUATION. J LAST
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ010-072030- WISCONSIN AREAL OUTLINE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 6523 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 245 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR WEST/CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST/CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WATCH INCLUDED THE COUNTIES OF BUFFALO... LA CROSSE AND TREMPEALEAU OF WEST/CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MONROE...JACKSON AND VERNON COUNTIES OF WEST/CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM. KAVINSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 51 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.