Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1992, 12:59 AM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1992, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 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, 6.0 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 180601 SVRMKE WIC141-180645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1259 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WOOD COUNTY AT 1258 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEARING WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO 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.
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, Sep 17, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
WIZ007-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1030 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 200 AM... AT 1025 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RHINELANDER WISCONSIN...THROUGH EAU CLAIRE... TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAU CLAIRE. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO CLARK COUNTY BY 1100 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LAzTEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVENING'S WEATHER. J LAST
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
WIZ006-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1114 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1992 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 849 IS BEING CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ST CROIX...DUNN...CHIPPEWA...PIERCE...AND PEPIN. THE LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW EAST OF THIS AREA. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WIZ007-010-011-180600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1145 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MARCHING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE STORM THAT IS MOVING THROUGH CLARK COUNTY...PRODUCED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES NEAR THE TOWN OF OSSEO IN NORTHWEST TREMPEALEAU COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AND 1120 PM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER THIS WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN TONIGHT IS ISOLATED...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...HOWEVER...WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:14 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
WIZ006-180600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1215 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 849 IS BEING CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... EAU CLAIRE...BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU. THE LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW EAST OF THIS AREA. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:30 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1225 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1220 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW STRONG STORMS WERE ENTERING JUNEAU COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DEADLY LIGHTNING..SMALL HAIL AND HIGH (WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THE CITIES OF NECEDAH AND LISBON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE PASSING STORMS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOONEY
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:32 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1225 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1220 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW STRONG STORMS WERE ENTERING JUNEAU COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DEADLY LIGHTNING..SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THE CITIES OF NECEDAH AND LISBON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE PASSING STORMS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFE2CT FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM. MOONEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 67 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.