Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Apr 18, 1994, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)

Expired

Apr 18, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, WI, Walworth County, WI

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WIC055-127-190045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
650 PM CDT MON APR 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY...WALWORTH COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM JUST EAST OF MADISON TO MONROE IN GREEN COUNTY...WHICH IS 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 50
MPH.  THEY SHOULD PASS THROUGH OR CLOSE TO LAKE MILLS...JEFFERSON...FORT
ATKINSON...AND WHITEWATER BY 730 PM...THEN HEAD EASTWARD TOWARD SULLIVAN
AND ELKHORN.
 
A WIND GUST OF 63 MPH WAS REPORTED WITH ONE OF THESE STORMS AS IT PASSED
THROUGH MADISON AROUND 645 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.
 
NJ2
 
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In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
552 PM CDT MON APR 18 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...

A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN CRAWFORD
AND GRANT COUNTIES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.
THERE HAVE BEEN UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS WHICH ARE LOCATED NEAR MT STERLING
...37 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE...AND MUSCODA IN GRANT
COUNTY...50 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN RICHLAND AND IOWA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE
APPROACH OF THESE STORMLS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER

MC MAHON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
600 PM CDT MON APR 18 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
FROM SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
STORMS WAS EAST OF LONE ROCK RACING EAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.

THE SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHERN DODGE...
JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES AROUND 7 PM...AND THEN INTO WAUKESHA
...MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES BY 8 PM.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
IF YOU SEE THESE STORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TAKE SHELTER.

SANDLER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.