Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1992, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 020201 SVRMKE WIC141-020230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 858 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY AT 855 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY NEAR BABCOCK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DpO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. JDH
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
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
705 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
WW 713
6:50 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER 8 MILES EAST OF
NEW ROME IN ADAMS COUNTY.
TESKESpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WIZ007-020145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 750 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CLARK AND WOOD COUNTIES... AT 745 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CLARK AND WESTERN WOOD COUNTIES OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CLARK AND WOOD COUNTIES AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO PORTAGE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.. GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM. JDH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:01 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 800 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 11 PM CDT... ...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL HIGH FOR EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... AT 755 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FORM IN A LINE SPANNING CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LINE EXTENDED WEST FROM AROUND THE FOX RIVER VALLEY CITIES OF NEENAH AND OSHKOSH TO EAST OF LACROSSE. THIS LINE CONTAINING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS STEADILY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE EARLIER THIS EVENING. IT IS LIKELY THAT THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE NEXT 4 HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD MOVE OUT OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN BY AROUND 9 PM OR THEREAFTER AND BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. PERSONS ATTENDING OUTDOOR EVENTS ACROSS WISCONSIN SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THE NIGHT PRO&GRESSES. GARCIA
Local storm report, Aug 1, 8:05 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
800 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
WW 713
6:50 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER 8 MILES EAST OF
NEW ROME IN ADAMS COUNTY.
7:25 PM CDT...1 INCH HAIL EAST OF PLAINFIELD IN NORTHERN WAUSHARA
COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
7:30 PM CDT...1 1/2 INCH HAIL NEAR SAXEVILLE IN NORTHERN WAUSHARA
COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
7:50 PM CDT...1 INCH HAIL EAST OF CAMP DOUGLAS ON THE INTERSTATE
SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
TESKESpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 8:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ007-020245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 843 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WOOD COUNTY... AT 840 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR BABCOCK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WOOD COUNTY AND SHOULD PUSH INTO SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. < REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REM^AINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM. JDH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ010-011-015-020245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 842 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 837 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF MEADOW VALLEY OR 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES AND 2TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...FINLEY...AND SPRAGUE. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT DAMAGING LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. TESKE
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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.