Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT for Marathon County, Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 152256 RRA SVRMKE WIC073-097-141-160000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 555 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ABBOTTSFORD IN WESTERN MARATHON COUNTY...35 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU TO SPENCER...35 MILES WESTSOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU TO LINDSEY...25 MILES WESTNORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF ATHENS...MILAN...STRATFORD...MARSHFIELD...BETHEL AND DEXTERVILLE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 615 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. JDH/TZ
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, Sep 15, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WIZ043-044-055-056-152355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 453 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... AT 443 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN ENTERING WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU...TO 30 MILES WEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE RICHLAND CENTER...REEDSBURG ...MAUSTON...NECEDAH...FRIENDSHIP. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour before
WIZ017-029-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 455 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARDS TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 450 PM CDT...A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR EAGLETON IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHNORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE TO FOSTER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHSOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND TREES DOWN IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA...ALSO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OF TALOR AND CLARK BETWEEN 515 PM AND 530 PM...AND THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THOSE COUNTIES AFTER 530 PM. < IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JDH
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:59 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
WIZ017-029-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 455 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARDS TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES... AT 450 PM CDT...A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR EAGLETON IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHNORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE TO FOSTER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHSOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND TREES DOWN IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA...ALSO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OF TALOR AND CLARK BETWEEN 515 PM AND &530 PM...AND THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THOSE COUNTIES AFTER 530 PM. < IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JDH
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:35 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ017-018-029-030-035-036-152340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 535 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... THROUGH 530 PM CDT NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEN RECEIVED FROM CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. AT 535 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIR NEAR WILSON DOWN TO A POINT JUST WEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BY 600 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE REACHED THE AREA FROM MEFORD IN TAYLOR COUNTY TO THE WESTERN PART OF WOOD COUNTY IN THE MARSHFELD TO BABCOCK CORIDOOR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER IN YOUR HOME OR BUILDING AS THE STORMS APPROACH. STAY AWAUW FROM WINDOWS. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:36 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ017-018-029-030-035-036-152340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 535 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... THROUGH 530 PM CDT NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEN RECEIVED FROM CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. AT 535 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIR NEAR WILSON DOWN TO A POINT JUST WEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BY 600 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE REACHED THE AREA FROM MEFORD IN TAYLOR COUNTY TO THE WESTERN PART OF WOOD COUNTY IN THE MARSHFELD TO BABCOCK CORIDOOR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER IN YOUR HOME OR BUILDING AS THE STORMS APPROACH. STAY AWAUW FROM WINDOWS. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. KAPELA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark, Taylor | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Taylor | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 27 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.