Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 5:40 PM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walworth County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 262240 TORMKE WIC127-262315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 540 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY AT 538 PM...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF WALWORTH...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE TOWNS OF FONTANA AND ZENDA. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. ABArNDON MOBILE HOMES AND CARS AND GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. J LAST &
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 26, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WIZ018-262145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 335 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 335 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST-CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM APPEARED TO BE OVER CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON... 30 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE TOWN OF LANCASTER. HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WjINDOWS. J LAST/DAVIS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WIZ019-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 357 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNTOWN ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MONROE...CLARNO AND JUDA IN SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY. HAIL...WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ019-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 357 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNTOWN ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MONROE...CLARNO AND JUDA IN SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY. HAIL...WIND GUST TO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:49 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
WIZ019-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 450 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH ROCK COUNTY AND SHOULD BE ENTERING WALWORTH COUNTY BY 500 PM. THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN WALWORTH COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO GO QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. OSTER
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ATTN SELS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM WISCONSIN FOR JUN 26 1993...
THROUGH 450 PM.
TIME CDT REPORT LOCATION
345 PM GOLF BALL SIZE AT LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY.
HAIL
415 PM 50 MPH WIND MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY.
425 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL TWIN GROVE IN GREEN COUNTY.
445 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AVON IN ROCK COUNTY.
J LAST
/Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ATTN SELS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM WISCONSIN FOR JUN 26 1993...
THROUGH 450 PM.
TIME CDT REPORT LOCATION
345 PM GOLF BALL SIZE AT LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY.
HAIL
415 PM 50 MPH WIND MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY.
425 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL TWIN GROVE IN GREEN COUNTY.
445 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AVON IN ROCK COUNTY.
J LASTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 40 min |
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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.