Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 5:49 PM CDT for Marathon County, Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 082250 RRA SVRMKE WIC073-097-082345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 549 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHEASTERN MARATHON COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY AT 545 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOSINEE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY...TO NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS IN EASTERN WOOD COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHEAST MARATHON COUNTY THROUGH 645 M SOME TOWNS IN THE EVENTUAL PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS ARE...MOSINEE AND KNOWLTON IN MARATHON COUNTY...AND JUNCTION CITY AND STEVENS POINT IN WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY. 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. DAVIS
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 36 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.
PIERCELocal storm report, Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 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.
PIERCESpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 19 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, 14 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, 4 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, 3 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, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 30 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
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.