Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1994, 5:38 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1994, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1994, 6:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 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 242239 SVRMKE WIC073-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 538 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...MARATHON COUNTY AT 535 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARATHON COUNTY JUST WEST OF WAUSAU. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE WAUSAU CITY LIMITS BY 545 PM....AND THEN POINTS EAST THEREAFTER. EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL IN 0EDGAR AT 532 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WIZ051-058-059-064-065-070-052-060-066-071-072-502-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 335 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT 330 PM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. J LAST
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
WIZ043>047-242320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 420 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 415 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA CROSSE TO GREEN BAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WERE ALONG A FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTH THIS EVENING INTO NORTHERNP AREAS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. MC MAHON
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 429 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEENN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... DODGE ...FOND DU LAC ...AND SHEBOYGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT 430 PM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS... HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE TO THE GREEN BAY AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH... BUT THE ENTIRE AREA OF STORMS WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF SOME DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO ...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. 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. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:30 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-502-242335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 530 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEENN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... DODGE ...FOND DU LAC ...AND SHEBOYGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT 530 PM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS... HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT 530 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE TO THE GREEN BAY AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPPING UP BETWEEN JANESVILLE AND STEVENS POINT. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO ...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
WIZ030-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 530 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1994 ...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MARATHON COUNTY... AT 525 PM...MARATHON COUNTY LAW OFFICIALS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT STRATFORD AND EDGAR...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THIS HAIL WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARATHON TO MARSHF(IELD IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. CGJ
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
WIZ030-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 530 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MARATHON COUNTY... AT 525 PM...MARATHON COUNTY LAW OFFICIALS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT STRATFORD AND EDGAR...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THIS HAIL WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDE,D FROM MARATHON TO MARSHFIELD IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. CGJ
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.