Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1993, 7:06 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 110007 TORMKE WIC055-110045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 706 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 7 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF FORT ATKINSON. ALSO THE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON NEAR EDGERTON. THE MADISON RADAR ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON RADAR IN THE SAME AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM. 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 BLANKE&TS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID 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 10, 4:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
WIZ019-020-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 500 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS BORDER... AT 5 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG THE WISCONSIN /ILLINOIS BORDER OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF WALWORTH OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL BE ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY SHORTLY. OTHER STRONGER STORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH OVER MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTIES OF FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES BY 6 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS OF 5 PM. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECT YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD ONE OF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCbATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
WIZ019-020-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 500 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS BORDER... AT 5 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG THE WISCONSIN /ILLINOIS BORDER OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF WALWORTH OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL BE ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY SHORTLY. OTHER STRONGER STORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH OVER MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTIES OF FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES BY 6 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS OF 5 PM. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECT YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD ONE OF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WIZ019-020-502-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALWORTH AND KENOSHA COUNTIES... AT 525 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF FONTANA OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE AND IN FAR WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY NEAR POWERS LAKE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF KENOSHA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LAKE GENEVA...SILVER LAKE AND LYONS IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO HOUR. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF THE RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTY COASTLINES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH 7 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ019-020-502-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALWORTH AND KENOSHA COUNTIES... AT 525 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF FONTANA OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE AND IN FAR WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY NEAR POWERS LAKE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF KENOSHA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LAKE GENEVA...SILVER LAKE AND LYONS IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO HOUR. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF THE RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTY COASTLINES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH 7 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:09 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ019-020-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 609 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 6 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...BETWEEN IXONIA AND SULLIVAN. THE STORMS WERE HEADING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO NORTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OCONOMOWOC AND HARTLAND. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO RACINE COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WILMOT OR 20 MILES WEST OF KENOSHA AT 555 PM. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. KAVINSKY &
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:10 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
WIZ019-020-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 609 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 6 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...BETWEEN IXONIA AND SULLIVAN. THE STORMS WERE HEADING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO NORTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OCONOMOWOC AND HARTLAND. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO RACINE COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WILMOT OR 20 MILES WEST OF KENOSHA AT 555 PM. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. KAVINSKY &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 67 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.