Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1993, 5:25 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1993, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1993, 5:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKE 232226 RRA SVRMKE WIC089-131-WIZ502-232300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 525 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...OZAUKEE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF ...LAKE MICHIGAN AT 520 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTFORD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR AT ST. LAWRENCE OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE REPORTED 80 MPH WINDS WITH THIS STORM. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE WEST BEND...ALLENTON...YOUNG AMERICA...CEDARBURG AND PT. WASHINGTON. 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. JDH &
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, Aug 23, 4:28 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ012-016-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 428 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS IS MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF FOX LAKE...BEAVER DAM AND REESEVILLE...ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING INTO SOUTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY WITHIN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BRANDON...BYRON AND FOND DU LAC IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT MADISON AS THEY ROLLED THROUGH. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF DANGEROUS WEATHER MOVES IN. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:28 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ012-016-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 428 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS IS MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF FOX LAKE...BEAVER DAM AND REESEVILLE...ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING INTO SOUTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY WITHIN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BRANDON...BYRON AND FOND DU LAC IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT MADISON AS THEY ROLLED THROUGH. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF DANGEROUS WEATHER MOVES IN. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:45 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ015-019-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 445 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 440 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS MONITORING A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON IN WESTERN ROCK COUNTY. PEA-SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LEYDEN..EDGERTON..NEWVILLE AND MILTON. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOONEY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
WIZ015-019-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 445 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 440 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS MONITORING A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON IN WESTERN ROCK COUNTY. PEA-SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LEYDEN..EDGERTON..NEWVILLE AND MILTON. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOONEY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
WIZ012-016-017-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 457 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DODGE COUNTY... AT 455 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN DODGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR BROWNSVILLE IN NORTHEAST DODGE COUNTY TO NEOSHO IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE HUSTIFORD...WOODLAND...HORICON AND MAYVILLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 500 PM...NEAR THE CITIES OF ALLENTOWN AND KOLHSVILLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ012-016-017-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 457 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DODGE COUNTY... AT 455 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN DODGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR BROWNSVILLE IN NORTHEAST DODGE COUNTY TO NEOSHO IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE HUSTIFORD...WOODLAND...HORICON AND MAYVILLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 500 PM...NEAR THE CITIES OF ALLENTOWN AND KOLHSVILLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.