Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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, 0.2 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKE 260015 RRA SVRMKE WIC027-260115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 712 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...DODGE COUNTY AT 710 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAUPUN...WHICH IS 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOND DU LAC...TO NEAR COLUMBUS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH TOWARD BEAVER DAM...JUNEAU...AND MAYVILLE. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS WAS COVERING THE GROUND BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND DANVILLE AT 700 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NJ &
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
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WIZ058-064-252335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 532 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 5:30 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WATERLOO AND LAKE MILLS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BUT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WIZ058-064-252335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 532 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 5:30 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WATERLOO AND LAKE MILLS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BUT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREET`S MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 605 PM CDT SAT JUNE 25 1994 AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER DODGE...JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WATERLOO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF LAKE MILLS AND JEFFERSON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A STORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 70S. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 605 PM CDT SAT JUNE 25 1994 AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER DODGE...JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF WATERLOO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF LAKE MILLS AND JEFFERSON DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A STORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 70S. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 700 PM CDT SAT JUNE 25 1994 AT 655 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD PASS JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF REESEVILLE. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER WAUKESHA AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CJ-nERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. BE ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 700 PM CDT SAT JUNE 25 1994 AT 655 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD PASS JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF REESEVILLE. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER WAUKESHA AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CJ-nERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. BE ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.