Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 9:44 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 090246 TORMKE WIC027-090330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 944 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY AT 945 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN COLUMBIA TO NORTHEAST DANE COUNTIES. THIS LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF FOX LAKE AND ASTICO...ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE LINE OF STORMS ARE FOX LAKE...BEAVER DAM..DANVILLE. 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. ZAJDEL/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, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 9:08 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
WIZ007-090235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 905 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES... AT 900 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN WOOD AND MARATHON COUNTIES FROM EASTERN CLARK COUNTY. THE LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY HEAD INTO WOOD AND MARATHON COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AT 904 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THORP IN CLARK COUNTY... 44 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
WIZ017-019-020-090315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES... AT 915 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RACING EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER KOCHIS 44 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:16 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
WIZ017-019-020-090315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES... AT 915 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RACING EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER KOCHIS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ017-019-020-090315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES... AT 915 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RACING EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER KOCHIS
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, 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 |
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.