Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 1992, 6:12 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 8, 1992, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | 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 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
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 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 082313 TORMKE WIC097-082345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...PORTAGE COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AND TT IN SOUTHEAST PORTAGE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF AMHERST. HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN SOUTHEAST PORTAGE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE TOWNS OF AMHERST...ARNOTT AND CUSTER...GET TO SHELTER NOW. 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 &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Oct 8, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WIZ007-011-012-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 430 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 ...POTENTIAL FOR WEAK TORNADOS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER AIR LOW. IN THESE SITUATIONS THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND MAYBE EVEN SOME BRIEF WEAK TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WIZ011-082245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 436 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 430 PM RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE NEAR BLACK RIVER FALLS TO MILWAUKEE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OUT OF WAUSHARA COUNTY INDICATES PEA-SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS BETWEEN PLAIN FIELD AND COLOMA...ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE FUNNELS. PERSONS BETWEEN BLACK RIVER FALLS AND OSHKOSH SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER UNTIL ABOUT 6 OR 7 PM. THE REPORTS SO FAR HAVINDICATED MAINLY JUST HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL BUT A FEW OF THE REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SMALL BUILDING AND TREE DAMAGE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WEAK TORNADOES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN FO^R THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOAH
Local storm report, Oct 8, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
455 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992
WW# NONE ISSUED
TIMES ARE ESTIMATED...
330 PM CDT JUNEAU COUNTY...MAUSTON RADIO STATION WRJC CALLED IN THIS
REPORT ABOUT 430 PM (ACTUAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED UNKNOWN)
...4 FARM BUILDINGS AND 8 TREES HAD SOME DAMAGE 6 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF MAUSTON.
...1 BARN AND 4 TREES HAD SOME DAMAGE ABOUT 1 MILE EAST
NORTHEAST OF MAUSTON.
EVENT LASTED ONLY ABOUT 3 SECONDS IN BOTH CASES.
345 PM CDT JUNEAU COUNTY...UNCONFIRMED TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MAUSTON NEAR THE JUNCTION OF COUNTY G AND HH. RELAYED BY
JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF. PUBLIC REPORT. GARAGE DAMAGE.
NOTE: NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON INDICATED BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS AND NO HAIL OR IN SOME CASES PEA-SIZED HAIL.
NOAHSpecial weather statement, Oct 8, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WIZ007-011-012-016-017-090015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 508 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MILWAUKEE NORTHWEST ACRROSS DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...THEN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER WESTERN DODGE COUNTY APPROACHING FOX LAKE 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTH:EAST OF WISCOSNIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. IF THRATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:42 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
WIZ007-011-012-016-017-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 542 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 540 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO ROTATE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF MILWAUKEE TO FOND DU LAC... THEN NORTHWEST TO NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS...THEN WEST TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN A THUNDERSTORM WHICH EARLIER PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY JUST SOUTHEASOF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN MOST STORMS WERE IN THE FOND DU LAC...NORTHEAST DODGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A ST`UDY BUILDING. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:46 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ007-011-012-016-017-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 542 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 540 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO ROTATE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF MILWAUKEE TO FOND DU LAC... THEN NORTHWEST TO NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS...THEN WEST TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN A THUNDERSTORM WHICH EARLIER PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN MOST STORMS WERE IN THE FOND DU LAC...NORTHEAST DODGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH SEEK SAFE SvHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 56 min |
| Oct 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 64 min |
| Oct 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 58 min |
| Oct 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 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.