Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 8:37 PM CDT for Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
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, Aug 27, 8:16 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
WIZ017-018-029-030-280215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 816 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 810 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL SKIRT NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT. ANOTHER STORM WAS OBSERVED IN SOUTHWEST EAU CLAIRE COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. A THIRD STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1000PM CDT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. ZAJDEL/EISE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ017-018-029-030-280215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 816 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 810 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL SKIRT NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY BY 830 PM CDT. ANOTHER STORM WAS OBSERVED IN SOUTHWEST EAU CLAIRE COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. A THIRD STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1000PM CDT. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. ZAJDEL/EISE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:21 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
WIZ035-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 821 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 845 PM CDT. THE STORM IS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF DEXTERVILLE...BABCOCK...PORT EDWARDS...NEKOOSA AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS RAPIDLY APPROACHING STORM. ZAJDEL/EISE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:23 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ035-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 821 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY... AT 820 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 845 PM CDT. THE STORM IS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF DEXTERVILLE...BABCOCK...PORT EDWARDS...NEKOOSA AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS RAPIDLY APPROACHING STORM. ZAJDEL/EISE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:34 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 62 min |
| Aug 28, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 28, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 1:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 23 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.