Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 6:58 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage 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, 12.0 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
- 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 170003 SVRMKE WIC097-170045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 658 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...PORTAGE COUNTY AT 700 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND OVER WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY FROM NEAR JUNCTION COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF BANCROFT...15 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF STEVENS POINT...JORDAN...PLOVER AND BANCROFT BY 715 PM CDT. IN ADDITION A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY. PERSONS THERE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS WHICH WOULD CAUSE FLOODING. 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, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 17 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, 59 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:18 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 615 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ... ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY... ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS PUSHING NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY AT THIS TIME. RADAR INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS FALLING FROM THIS STORM. MODERATE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM IS NORTHWEST OF NECEDAH AND SOUTH OF MATHER..OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF LACROSSE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOULD SKIM NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY AFTER 630 PM AND PASS NEAR THE CITY OF NEW ROME. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WISCONSIN INCLUDING JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM CDT. MOONEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:47 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
WIZ010-011-014-015-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 645 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN ADAMS..MARQUETTE..GREEN LAKE AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY THIS EVENING. AT 640 PM THE NEW STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF THE WISCONSIN DELLS TO RED GRANITE ..OR ABOUT 45 TO 70 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPRAOCHES..TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage, Wood | 48 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Wood | 37 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.