Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 8:06 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kenosha County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 4221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKE 080109 RRA SVRMKE WIC059-WIZ502-090145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 806 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...KENOSHA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF ...LAKE MICHIGAN AT 805 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER NEAR WILMOT...20 WEST SOUTHWEST OF KENOSHA. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF TREVOR...SALEM...AND PADDOCK LAKE. AT 8 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF LAKE AND MC HENRY NEAR HIGHWAY 45. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KOCHIS\ZAJDEL &
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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ015-018-019-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 651 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 645 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER THAT WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN ENTERING GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM. THIS IS AN EXPLOSIVE AND VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THE HISTORY OF PREVIOUS STORMS HAVE BEEN LARGE HAIL AND NUMEROUS TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IN GREEN COUNTY...MONROE...BRODHEAD...MONTICELLO...ALBANY IN ROCK COUNTY...BELOIT...JANESVILLE...ORFORDVILLE PIERCE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ015-018-019-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 651 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 645 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER THAT WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN ENTERING GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM. THIS IS AN EXPLOSIVE AND VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THE HISTORY OF PREVIOUS STORMS HAVE BEEN LARGE HAIL AND NUMEROUS TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IN GREEN COUNTY...MONROE...BRODHEAD...MONTICELLO...ALBANY IN ROCK COUNTY...BELOIT...JANESVILLE...ORFORDVILLE PIERCE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:25 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
WIZ016-017-019-020-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 725 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM ILLINOIS. AT 725 THEY HAD ALREADY SPREAD INTO PARTS OF KENOSHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AS THEY HEADED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUIPLE OF HOURS OVER KENOSHA...WALWORTH AND RACINE COUNTIES. THEY WILL PUSH INTO WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES NO LATER THAN 8 PM...AND THEN INTO WASHINGTON AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES BY 830. A TORNADO WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM...BUT WILL BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. OSTER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:27 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
WIZ016-017-019-020-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 725 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM ILLINOIS. AT 725 THEY HAD ALREADY SPREAD INTO PARTS OF KENOSHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AS THEY HEADED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUIPLE OF HOURS OVER KENOSHA...WALWORTH AND RACINE COUNTIES. THEY WILL PUSH INTO WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES NO LATER THAN 8 PM...AND THEN INTO WASHINGTON AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES BY 830. A TORNADO WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM...BUT WILL BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. OSTER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
WIZ018-017-020-090145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 743 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WALWORTH COUNTY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM EAST TROY TO ELKHORN TO WALWORTH. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN RACINE...KENOSHA...AND SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. SIEBERS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
WIZ018-017-020-090145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 743 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WALWORTH COUNTY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM EAST TROY TO ELKHORN TO WALWORTH. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN RACINE...KENOSHA...AND SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. SIEBERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 46 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.