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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 8, 1993Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Fond du Lac County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 8, 3:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

STORM REPORT        ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

WW#  374

TIME          EVENT

118 PM CDT    QUARTER SIZED PLUS HAIL AT MCFARLAND...DANE COUNTY.

126 PM CDT    1/2 TO 1 AND 1/4 SIZED HAIL AT SOUTHTOWN IN MONONA.
              ...DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH ON HWY
              151 1 MILE NORTH OF SUN PRAIRIE....DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND CARS WERE
              OVERTURNED IN NORTH BRISTOL IN DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    WISC TV REPORTED WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND LARGE TREES DOWN
              4 MILES NORTH OF SUN PRAIRIE ON HIGHWAY N.

201 PM CDT    COLUMBIA COUNTY...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
              COLUMBUS ON HIGHWAY 151 BY SPOTTER.

225 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN WHITE CREEK AND
              ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP IN ADAMS COUNTY.

245 PM CDT    JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED AND
              LARGER HAIL NORTH OF NECEDAH.

305 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY WAUSHARA COUNTY SHERIFF
              FROM COLOMA TO WAUTOMA.

PIERCE

Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

STORM REPORT        ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
405 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

WW#  374

TIME          EVENT

118 PM CDT    QUARTER SIZED PLUS HAIL AT MCFARLAND...DANE COUNTY.

126 PM CDT    1/2 TO 1 AND 1/4 SIZED HAIL AT SOUTHTOWN IN MONONA.
              ...DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH ON HWY
              151 1 MILE NORTH OF SUN PRAIRIE....DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND CARS WERE
              OVERTURNED IN NORTH BRISTOL IN DANE COUNTY.

135 PM CDT    WISC TV REPORTED WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND LARGE TREES DOWN
              4 MILES NORTH OF SUN PRAIRIE ON HIGHWAY N.

201 PM CDT    COLUMBIA COUNTY...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
              COLUMBUS ON HIGHWAY 151 BY SPOTTER.

225 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN WHITE CREEK AND
              ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP IN ADAMS COUNTY.

245 PM CDT    JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED AND
              LARGER HAIL NORTH OF NECEDAH.

305 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY WAUSHARA COUNTY SHERIFF
              FROM COLOMA TO WAUTOMA.

355 PM CDT    WAUSHARA COUNTY EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR REPORTED
              GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSTIN.

PIERCE

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 530 PM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS PASSING THROUGH ROCK
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND IT IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO
JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 545 AND 615. IT MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.

THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WAS STILL FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS
BUT MORE STORMS ARE HEADING TOWARD US FROM ILLINOIS AND ARE
LIKELY TO AFFECT THE AREA BEFORE THE EVENING IS OUT.  A TORNADO WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM.

OSTER

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:35 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

WIZ012-013-016-017-019-020-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 530 PM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS PASSING THROUGH ROCK
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND IT IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO
JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 545 AND 615. IT MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.

THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WAS STILL FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS
BUT MORE STORMS ARE HEADING TOWARD US FROM ILLINOIS AND ARE
LIKELY TO AFFECT THE AREA BEFORE THE EVENING IS OUT.  A TORNADO WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM.

OSTER

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

WIZ012-082345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY...

AT 545 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDESTORMS STRETCHED NORTH AND SOUTH
THROUGH GREEN LAKE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH.  THE
TAIL END OF THIS LINE MAY PASS THROUGH WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY
BETWEEN 555 AND 630 PM.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL AS THE AS THEY HEAD EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO
TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM.

OSTER

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

WIZ012-082345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY...

AT 545 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDESTORMS STRETCHED NORTH AND SOUTH
THROUGH GREEN LAKE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH.  THE
TAIL END OF THIS LINE MAY PASS THROUGH WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY
BETWEEN 555 AND 630 PM.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL AS THE AS THEY HEAD EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO
TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM.

OSTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	45 min
Jun 8, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge	51 min
Jun 8, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Wood	47 min
Jun 8, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Portage, Wood	27 min
Jun 8, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Portage, Wood	46 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marathon	42 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Portage	45 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Wood	19 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Portage	62 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Wood	55 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marathon, Portage	56 min
Jun 8, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Wood	28 min
Jun 8, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Wood	43 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.