Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 162219 SVRMKE WIC073-162315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 515 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY AT 515 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARATHON CITY...10 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF WAUSAU...BROKAW AND SUNSET. AT 514 PM CDT MARATHON CITY POLICE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 70 MPH WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFE CT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ZAJDEL
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, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WIZ010-011-015-161900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST JUNEAU COUNTY... AT 230 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING RAPIDILY TOWARD NORTHWEST JUNEAU COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JUNEAU COUNTY BY 3 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SMALL TO MODERATE SIZED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME CITIES ABD TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE MATHER AND MEADOW VALLEY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
WIZALL-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...AND WILL INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THE FOLLOWAING COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226...FOND DU LAC COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. J LAST
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 335 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 9PM... WINDY AND WARM WEATHER ACROSS WISCONSIN HAS TURNED SEVERE ACROSS SOME WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND DRY. AREAS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MADISON ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S AND WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER ABND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:18 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 415 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY UNTIL 415PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE PETENWELL RESEVOIR AT 410 PM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL EXIT NORTHEAST JUNEAU COUNTY BY 420 PM AND SKIM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ADAMS COUNTY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAIABLE FROM THE JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF ABOUT THIS STORM BUT IT HAD A HISTORY OF 1 INCH HAIL IN MONROE COUNTY. THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL [ ]9PM CDT. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:31 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
WIZ007-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 423 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 AT 415 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY NEAR MOSINEE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORAT 425 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...AND WILL PASS THROUGH OR CLOSE TO SCHOFIELD...KELLY...RINGLE...AND HATLEY BETWEEN 435 AND 515 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. MORE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND HEADED TOWARD CLARK...MARATHON...WOOD...AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ALSO^ APPEAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:39 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 440 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY... ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS PUSHING NORTHEAST THROUGH EXTREME NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY AT THIS TIME. RADAR INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL IS FALLING FROM THIS STORM. NO INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THE JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF CONCERNING STORM ACTIVITY OR STORM DAMAGE YET THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WISCONSIN INCLUDING JUNEAU COUNTY UNTIL 9PM CDT. MOONEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 45 min |
| 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, 5:59 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.