Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:15 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 17, 9:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
WIZALL-171530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THIS MORNING FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM. AT 10 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE STATE REMAINS HIGH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:23 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ007-171730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1122 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 AT 1120 AM CDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WOOD COUNTY...JUST WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOURg AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF JUNCTION CITY AND STEVENS POINT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:52 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
WIZ007-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1151 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTIES... AT 1150 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY. THIS STORM EXTENDED FROM THE KNOWLTON AREA OF SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF STEVENS POINT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF STEVENS POINT...JORDAN AND PLOVER AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MARATHON COUNTY THROUGH 1215 PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 7 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:01 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZALL-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1155 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR WESTERN TIER OF WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TIER OF WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ON A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE...ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE CTHE FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN IS...STILL...IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:10 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
WIZ015-016-019-017-171815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1207 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES IN NORTHERN GREEN AND SOUTHERN DANE COUNTIES..ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN SOIUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth, Waukesha | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.