Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT for Marathon County, 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 16, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marathon County, WI, Wood County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Marathon, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 161902 SVRMKE WIC073-141-161945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 200 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY AT 200 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING NORTHWEST WOOD AND SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THORUGH MARSHFIELD AND STRATFORD WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THE STORM IS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. J LAST
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 16, 11:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WIZ011-015-161900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTROMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JUNEAU COUNTY... AT 1150 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JUNEAU COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS DUE EAST OF CAMP DOUGLAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY BEFORE NOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF CAMP DOUGLAS AND NECEDAH AND NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THESEN STORMS APPROACH. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WIZ011-015-161900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JUNEAU COUNTY... AT 1150 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JUNEAU COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS DUE EAST OF CAMP DOUGLAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY BEFORE NOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF CAMP DOUGLAS AND NECEDAH AND NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS TjHESE STORMS APPROACH. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WIZ004-007-161815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1213 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1205 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR THE WAUSAU AREA IN MARATHON COUNTY AND IN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. AT 1204 PM CDT THE MARATHON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WILL TAKE IT TOWARD THE TOWNS OF BROKAW AND SUNSET OF NORTH CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY BY 1230 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHWEST AND SOUoTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:17 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
WIZ004-007-161915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 115 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 115 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONISN. THE LINE WAS FROM NEAR THE TOWN OF DONALD IN WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...75 WEST NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU...TO NEAR HUMBIRD IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY...70 SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING PERKINSTOWN IN CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY...AND NEILLSVILLE IN SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY BY 140 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. KOCHIS
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
WIZ007-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 141 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLARK COUNTY... AT 135 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE NEILSVILLE AREA OF CLARK COUNTY...51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THIS STORM HAS INTENSIFIED DURNG THE PAST 10 MINUTES AND IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 TO 40 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORT WITH THIS STORM...HOWEVER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THE STORM PASSES THROUGH THE NEILSVILLE...GRANTON AND LYNN AREAS BETWEEN NOW AND 200 PM CDT. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CLARK COUTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS APPROACHING STORM. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:56 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
WIZ007-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 152 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES... AT 152 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES FROM CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE FROM NEAR COLBY IN WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY...35 WEST OF WAUSAU...SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWN OF WAUSAU BY AROUND 220 PM...AND THE TOWN OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS BY AROUND 230 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND TORENTIAL RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED 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 16, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 39 min |
| May 16, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lincoln, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 50 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 66 min |
| May 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 60 min |
| May 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage, Wood | 48 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Wood | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 47 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.