Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 1:11 PM CDT for Walworth County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 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 171813 TORMKE WIC127-133-171915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 111 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...WALWORTH COUNTY...WAUKESHA COUNTY AT 110 PM...A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORED NEAR ELKHORN IN WALWORTH COUNTY...OR 25 MILES EAST OF JANESVILLE. RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHORN HAS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF PRODUCING TORNADOS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE WANDAWEGA... LAUDERDALE...TROY...EAGLE AND MUKWONAGO. 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.
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, Jun 17, 11:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
WIZ007-171730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1122 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 AT 1120 AM CDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN WOOD COUNTY...JUST WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOURg AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF JUNCTION CITY AND STEVENS POINT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WIZ007-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1151 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTIES... AT 1150 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY. THIS STORM EXTENDED FROM THE KNOWLTON AREA OF SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF STEVENS POINT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF STEVENS POINT...JORDAN AND PLOVER AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MARATHON COUNTY THROUGH 1215 PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 7 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WIZALL-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1155 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR WESTERN TIER OF WISCONSIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TIER OF WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ON A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE...ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE CTHE FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN IS...STILL...IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ015-016-019-017-171815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1207 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES IN NORTHERN GREEN AND SOUTHERN DANE COUNTIES..ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN SOIUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:17 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
WIZ011-015-018-019-171715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1118 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 1105 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM PLAINFIELD OR 75 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUALS ACROSS& SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:50 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
WIZ016-019-017-012-013-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1250 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 7 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. NEW STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WALWORTH...WAUKESHA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS JUST RECENTLY REPORTED IN OCONOMOWOC. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DEEPER THROUGH ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND VOLATILE SITUATION. STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS...THEY WILL CHANGE RAPIDLY. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK S4AFE SHELTER. STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 30 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.