Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 6:54 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1994, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 112356 RRA SVRMKE WIC055-131-120100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 654 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 655 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOMIRA IN DODGE COUNTY...14 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC TO JUST WEST OF WATERLOO IN EXTREME NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE HARTFORD AND WEST BEND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND WATERLOO AND WATERTOWN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HAASE
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, Jul 11, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
WIZ030-035-036-120025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 523 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 520 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENS POINT IN SOUTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE PLOVER AND ARNOTT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
WIZ030-035-036-120025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 523 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 520 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENS POINT IN SOUTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE PLOV~ER AND ARNOTT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:12 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
WIZ051-058-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 610 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM TO MONTELLO IN MARQUETTE COUNTY OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES BETWEEN 620 PM AND 730 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND PRODUCING HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. < A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. JDH WWUS35KMOB .!
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:14 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ051-058-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 610 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM TO MONTELLO IN MARQUETTE COUNTY OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES BETWEEN 620 PM AND 730 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND PRODUCING HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. < A TORNADO WATH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. JDH
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
WIZ051-058-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 612 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES... AT 610 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM TO MONTELLO IN MARQUETTE COUNTY OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES BETWEEN 620 PM AND 730 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND PRODUCING HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. < A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. JDH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 68 min |
| Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 66 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.