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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 25, 1994Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 7:39 PM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1994, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Walworth County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 4 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 36 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 36 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, 42 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, 42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge33 min
Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Waukesha48 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.