Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1994, 6:23 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 042326 TORMKE WIC055-050000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 623 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 620 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF JOHNSON CREEK...WHICH IS 30 MILES EAST OF MADISON. A POLICE OFFICER IN THE AREA REPORTED A DEVELOPING FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS OF JOHNSON CREEK...FARMINGTON...AND PIPERSVILLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM BETWEEN NOW AND 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. J LAST &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 4, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ043>047-055>057-062-063-042400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 520 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ADAMS COUNTY... AT 515 PM RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ADAMS COUNTY JUST EAST OF WHITE CREEK OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MADISON. HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WITH CORN ROWS BENDING NEARLY FLAT TO THE GROUND. A SECOND STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTN OF ADAMS. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE BROOKSIDE..ADAMS..AND FRIENDSHIP. TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. MEM
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:35 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
535 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994
REPORT FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR JULY 4TH 1994
TIME (CDT)
REPORT LOCATION
330 PM 50 MPH WINDS. TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC
IN WAUKESHA COUNTY.
OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE
EMPLOYEE
330 PM 49 MPH PEAK WIND WSFO MKX
JEFFERSON COUNTY
334 PM TREE DOWN COVERING HARDSCRABBLE ROAD IN
ROAD NEAR WSFO MKX EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
HAM RADIO OBSERVER.
400 PM 50 MPH WINDS... WESTERN OZAUKEE COUNTY
ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER NEAR HWY 60.
^
410 PM 45 TO 50 MPH WINDS TOWN OF BRANDON
IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY
LOCAL SPOTTER.
425 PM WALL CLOUD 76TH AND BLUEMOUND
IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
LOCAL SPOTTER.
TH/NJ/JL/CG/BHLocal storm report, Jul 4, 5:43 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
535 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994
REPORT FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR JULY 4TH 1994
TIME (CDT)
REPORT LOCATION
330 PM 50 MPH WINDS. TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC
IN WAUKESHA COUNTY.
OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE
EMPLOYEE
330 PM 49 MPH PEAK WIND WSFO MKX
JEFFERSON COUNTY
334 PM TREE DOWN COVERING HARDSCRABBLE ROAD IN
ROAD NEAR WSFO MKX EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
HAM RADIO OBSERVER.
400 PM 50 MPH WINDS... WESTERN OZAUKEE COUNTY
ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER NEAR HWY 60.
^
410 PM 45 TO 50 MPH WINDS TOWN OF BRANDON
IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY
LOCAL SPOTTER.
425 PM WALL CLOUD 76TH AND BLUEMOUND
IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
LOCAL SPOTTER.
TH/NJ/JL/CG/BHSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 5:56 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ058-064-065-070-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 555 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM OVER SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY...MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING TOWARD THE CITIES OF JEFFERSON...HELENVILLE AND SULLIVAN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...BUT STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. HELMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ058-064-065-070-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 555 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM OVER SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY...MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING TOWARD THE CITIES OF JEFFERSON...HELENVILLE AND SULLIVAN. NO SEVERE WEATH ER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...BUT STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. HELMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
WIZ058-064-065-070-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 555 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM OVER SOUTHEAST DANE COUNTY...MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING TOWARD THE CITIES OF JEFFERSON...HELENVILLE AND SULLIVAN. NO SEVERE WEATH`ER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...BUT STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. HELMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 15 min |
| Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington, Waukesha | 50 min |
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.