Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 1992, 6:53 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 1992, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 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 082358 COR TORMKE WIC073-090030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ...CORRECTION... TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 653 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY AT 650 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LARGE ROTATING CLOUD NEAR THE MARATHON AND PORTAGE COUNTY LINE NEAR KNOWLTON WHICH IS 17 MILES SOUTH OF WAUSAU. THIS MAY BE A TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE MOSINEE AND MOON. 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. CORRECTION FOR TIME OF EVENT. HENTZ
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
Local storm report, Oct 8, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 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 45 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, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 7 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
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 6:18 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
WIZ012-013-016-017-019-0201-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 615 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 615 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO FOND DU LAC...WEST BEND AND MILWAUKEE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 730 PM MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE NORTHWARD. AROUND 6 PM 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WEST BEND AND VERY SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA. MORE SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 6:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ012-013-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 634 PM CDT THU OCT 8 1992 AT 630 PM PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE PLYMOUTH SHEBOYGAN FALLS AND RANDOM LAKE AREAS THROUGH 715 PM. EXPECT HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS STORM. 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, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Portage | 33 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.