Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 6:12 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Portage, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 162317 SVRMKE WIC097-141-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...PORTAGE COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN WOOD COUNTY FROM NEAR MARSHFIELD TO SOUTH OF LINDSEY OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF AUBURNDALE...BETHEL AND HEWIT. IN ADDITION A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT 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, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 33 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ007-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 535 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THE CALM BEFORE THE STORMS... PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS COVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT NO ACTIVITY HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MILWAUKEE AREA AFTER 1000 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 900 PM. THE ONLY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IS FOND DU LAC. OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED LATER...SO STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. J LAST
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
WIZ012-013-017-020-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 535 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THE CALM BEFORE THE STORMS... PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS COVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT NO ACTIVITY HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MILWAUKEE AREA AFTER 1000 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 900 PM. THE ONLY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IS FOND DU LAC. OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WAT9CHES MAY BE NEEDED LATER...SO STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. J LAST
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:59 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-018-019-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 600 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 9PM... WINDY AND WARM WEATHER ACROSS WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY WITH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES IN MADISON. AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF DANE COUNTY ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER SUNSET. UNTIL THEN..TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 80S WITH WINDS FROM TH'E SOUTH BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER. 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, 5:15 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, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Wood | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.