Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 1996, 4:52 PM CST for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 1996, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1996, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 5:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 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 292254 RRA SVRMKE WIC055-292330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 452 PM CST TUE OCT 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 450 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER CAMBRIDGE...20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKE MILLS...MILFORD AND WATERTOWN. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
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, Oct 29, 11:15 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-030>072-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1100 AM CST TUE OCT 29 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AN UNUSUALLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM PASSING WEST OF WISCONSIN TODAY WILL BRING A MODERATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE STATE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WISCONSIN. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHILE A COLD FRONT RACES NORTHEAST OUT OF MISSOURI. THE INTENSE DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT THEN RACE INTO WISCONSIN AFTER 3 OR 4 PM FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE STORMS COULD MAINTAIN STRENGTH THIS EVENING AS THEY MOVE NORTH INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MEADE
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 4:00 PM CST, 52 minutes before
WIZALL-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 400 PM CST TUE OCT 29 1996 ...COLD WINTER TYPE WEATHER HEADING TOWARD WISCONSIN... AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A TASTE OF WINTER WEATHER TO WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR ON VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE USHERED INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST AIR BEING FELT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AFTER WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGHS IN THE 30S... NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR THE REST OF WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON FROM HIGHS IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50. HOWEVER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES DROPPING IN THE 20S COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO NEAR ZERO. NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES MAY BE SET ACROSS PARTS OF WISCONSIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. BE PREPARD FOR THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON...SO FAR. HELMAN/MEADE
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 4:09 PM CST, 43 minutes before
WIZALL-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 400 PM CST TUE OCT 29 1996 ...COLD WINTER TYPE WEATHER HEADING TOWARD WISCONSIN... AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A TASTE OF WINTER WEATHER TO WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR ON VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE USHERED INTO THE STATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE COLDEST AIR BEING FELT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AFTER WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGHS IN THE 30S... NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. FOR THE REST OF WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON FROM HIGHS IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50. HOWEVER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES DROPPING IN THE 20S COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO NEAR ZERO. NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES MAY BE SET ACROSS PAFRTS OF WISCONSIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. BE PREPARD FOR THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON...SO FAR. HELMAN/MEADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 24 min |
| Oct 29, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 20 min |
| Oct 29, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 26 min |
| Oct 29, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 37 min |
| Oct 29, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 32 min |
| Oct 29, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 35 min |
| Oct 29, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 27 min |
| Oct 29, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 23 min |
| Oct 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 31 min |
| Oct 29, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 40 min |
| Oct 29, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.