Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1992, 2:36 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | 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, 7.6 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 161940 TORMKE WIC073-162015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 236 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...EASTERN MARATHON COUNTY AT 235 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...MOON...MOSINEE...AND HALDER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. J LAST/ZAJDEL
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, 2:57 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 |
| 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.