Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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, 1.7 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
- 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 TTAA00 KMKE 090144 RRA TORMKE WIC055-090230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 841 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 845 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN LAKE MILLS AND FORT ATKINSON. THESE STORMS WERE RACING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE JEFFERSON...FORT ATKINSON...AND HELENVILLE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN DANE COUNTY. 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 BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. KOCHIS
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, Jun 8, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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 50 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, 1 hour 16 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, 1 hour 14 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, 58 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, 58 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, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 47 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.