Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fond du Lac County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 132254 RRA SVRMKE WIC039-132330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 555 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...FOND DU LAC COUNTY AT 550 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIPON IN NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY...18 MILES WEST OF FOND DU LAC. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF ROSENDALE ELDORADO AND FOND DU LAC BY 615 PM. THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WINDS AND TREES DOWN IN RIPON AT 550 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. HENTZ/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 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-061>063-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST JUNEAU COUNTY... AT 335 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JUNEAU COUNTY NEAR MATHER.. OR 35 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LACROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM LACROSSE TO APPLETON WHICH WILL SWING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH- CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDRSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. MEM
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-061>063-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 340 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST JUNEAU COUNTY... AT 335 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JUNEAU COUNTY NEAR MATHER.. OR 35 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LACROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM LACROSSE TO APPLETON WHICH WILL SWING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH- CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDRSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. MEM
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:07 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
WIZ043>047-132310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 507 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTION PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 505 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACROSSE TO NEAR GREEN BAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN THIS LINE. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY JUST WEST OF THE ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP AREA. ANOTHER WAS MOVING ALONG THE WAUSHARA-MARQUETTE COUNTY LINE AND WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WESTFIELD OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...OR 46 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHREN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IF A STORMS APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. MARIEN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:11 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
WIZ043>047-132310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 507 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTION PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 505 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACROSSE TO NEAR GREEN BAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN THIS LINE. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY JUST WEST OF THE ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP AREA. ANOTHER WAS MOVING ALONG THE WAUSHARA-MARQUETTE COUNTY LINE AND WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WESTFIELD OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...OR 46 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN NORTHREN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT IF A STORMS APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. MARIEN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:44 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
WIZ051-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 545 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY...ABOUT TO MOVE OVER THE TOWN OF RIPON. THAT PUTS THE STORM LESS THAN 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE IN THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC BY ABOUT 615 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOnORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. J LAST
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
WIZ051-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 545 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING FOND DU LAC COUNTY... AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY...ABOUT TO MOVE OVER THE TOWN OF RIPON. THAT PUTS THE STORM LESS THAN 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE IN THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC BY ABOUT 615 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. J LAST
Nearby
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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.