Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 1994, 1:38 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 1994, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 1994, 2:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Sep 30, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-301805- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI NOON CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY... AT 1154 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ON THE MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN MONTELLO AND MARQUETTE. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE QUICKLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN SINCE 1030 AM CDT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MARQUETTE... KINGSTON AND MARKESAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. MC MAHON
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 12:38 PM CDT, 1 hour before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-068-069-301840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1238 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP... AT 1235 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF LAKE DELTON AND EAST OF THE DELLS...OR 40 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MADISON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATHS OF THE HEAVIER CELLS ARE...THE WISCONSIN DELLS...PORTAGE...PARDEEVILLE AND FRIESLAND. 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. MC MAHON
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 12:40 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-502-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1235 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COUNTIES OF FOND DU LAC...EASTERN DODGE AND WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL ALSO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE. MORE STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON AND THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES BY 115 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. JDH
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 12:43 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-502-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1235 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COUNTIES OF FOND DU LAC...EASTERN DODGE AND WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL ALSO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE. MORE STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON AND THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES BY 115 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROAzCH. JDH
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:24 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
WIZ051-058-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 125 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DODGE COUNTY... AT 120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COLUMBIA AND DODGE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH RANDOLPH...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER DODGE COUNTY NEAR BEAVER DAM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BEAVER DAM...JUNEAU...AND HORICON THROUGH 200 PM. HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND DEADLY GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. J LAST/BREESER
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
WIZ051-058-301930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 125 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DODGE COUNTY... AT 120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COLUMBIA AND DODGE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH RANDOLPH...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER DODGE COUNTY NEAR BEAVER DAM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BEAVER DAM...JUNEAU...AND HORICON THROUGH 200 PM. HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND DEADLY GROUND STRIKES OF LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. J LAST/BREESER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 37 min |
| Sep 30, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 39 min |
| Sep 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 55 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.