Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1994, 3:36 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1994, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Racine County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKE 032038 RRA SVRMKE WIC059-101-127-032130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 336 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY...WESTERN RACINE COUNTY ...EASTERN WALWORTH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AT 330 PM A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AND FLYING DEBRIS 4 MILES WEST OF LAKE GENEVA. THIS IS 44 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LYONS..BURLINGTON...AND NEW MUNSTER BY 400 PM. 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. SIEBERS/J LAST &
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, Aug 3, 2:45 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 245 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE WEATHER WORDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AT 240 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY...TO NORTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY...THEN SOUTH TO THE JANESVILLE AREA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MILWAUKEE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN ENTERING METRO-MILWAUKEE AFTER 330 PM. HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:45 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-032140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 240 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 232 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN JUNEAU..DANE...GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVIEST STORM WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ALBANY IN GREEN COUNTY...OR 36 MILES SOTUH OF MADISON AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ROCK COUNTY BY 140 PM CDT. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ORFORDVILLE...HANOVER AND JANESVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR MINOR FLOODING ARE EXPERIENCED WHILE DRIVING...USE CAUTION AS LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MARIEN NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:47 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 245 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE WEATHER WORDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AT 240 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY...TO NORTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY...THEN SOUTH TO THE JANESVILLE AREA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MILWAUKEE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN ENTERING METRO-MILWAUKEE AFTER 330 PM. HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. J LAST
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-032140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 240 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 232 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN JUNEAU..DANE...GREEN AND ROCK COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVIEST STORM WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ALBANY IN GREEN COUNTY...OR 36 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ROCK COUNTY BY 240 PM CDT. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ORFORDVILLE...HANOVER AND JANESVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR MINOR FLOODING ARE EXPERIENCED WHILE DRIVING...USE CAUTION AS LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MARIEN NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
WIZ051-058-059-064-065-070-052-060-066-071-072-502-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 315 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 315 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVEOPED OVER OVER SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF PALMYRA. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WAUKESHA...WASHINGTON...AND WALWORTH COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA WILL SEE THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BY 330 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. J LAST
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:19 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ051-058-059-064-065-070-052-060-066-071-072-502-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 315 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 315 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVEOPED OVER OVER SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF PALMYRA. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WAUKESHA...WASHINGTON...AND WALWORTH COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA WILL SEE THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BY 330 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. J LAST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Walworth | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 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.