Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1992, 5:04 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1992, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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, 10.1 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
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 192206 TORMKE WIC073-192230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 504 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY AT 455 PM THE STRATFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF STRATFORD. A BARN WAS DESTROYED. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HALDER...MOSINEE...MOON AND KNOWLTON. STRATFORD IS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU 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. AV@OID 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, Jul 19, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WIZ006-010-192130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 355 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SMALL PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... LA CROSSE...EAU CLAIRE...BUFFALO... TREAMPEALEU. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY YET PASS THROUGH THESE COUNTIES...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOW TO THEIR EAST AND SOUTH. OSTER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
WIZ011-014-015-018-019-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 405 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN EXCLUDING ROCK AND GREEN COUNTIES... AT 400 PM...THE MADISON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL...FROM 75 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR PARAIRIE DU CHIEN AND INTO CENTRAL IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES WEST OF MADISON OR 20 MILES WEST OF LONE ROCK. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WAUTOMA...WISCONSIN DELLS AND LONE ROCK CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL ABOUT 5 OR 6 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MADISON AND DARLINGTON AREAS BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOAH
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:08 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
WIZ012-016-192200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 405 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...NEW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. AT 4 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR WAUTOMA TO AROUND LONE ROCK...OR FROM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH TO 50 MILES WEST OF MADISON. THESE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO FOND DU LAC AND SHEBYGAN COUNTIES BETWEEN ABOUT 430 AND 6 PM AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS MAY PRECEDE THIS MAIN LINE. PEOPLE IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SHOULD BE READY TO GO QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. OSTER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
WIZ012-016-192200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO LINE 5... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 405 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...NEW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. AT 4 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR WAUTOMA TO AROUND LONE ROCK...OR FROM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH TO 50 MILES WEST OF MADISON. THESE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES BETWEEN ABOUT 430 AND 6 PM AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS MAY PRECEDE THIS MAIN LINE. PEOPLE IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SHOULD BE READY TO GO QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. OSTER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
WIZ007-192215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 410 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY MOVING INTO WOOD COUNTY... AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF NEILSVILLE...OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING WOOD COUNTY AFTER 415 PM. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PITTSVILLE...DEXTERVILLE...BABCOCK...WISCONSIN RAPIDS ...AND NEKOOSA. THIS STORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STORM. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CLARK AND ALL OF WOOD COUNTY SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HELMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:49 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
WIZ007-192245 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 445 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WOOD COUNTY MOVING INTO PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 445 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WOOD COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING PORTAGE COUNTY AFTER 500 PM. CITIES IN PORTAGE COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE KELLNER...BANCROFT AND ALMOND. THIS STORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM BUT STRONG WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPE6CTED. PERSONS IN WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HELMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.