Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 4:13 PM CDT for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 24, 1997, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan, WI | |
| Jun 24, 4:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello, 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WUUS1 KMKE 242114 RRA SVRMKE WIC045-242200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 413 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREEN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED JORDAN CENTER MONTICELLO NEW GLARUS MONROE * AT 415 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WEST OF MONROE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DAVIS/JH
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, Jun 24, 11:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-054>072-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...LOW RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... THREAT... DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. DISCUSSION... A VERY WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN IS FORECAST TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AFTER 3PM AND WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AFTER 3PM TODAY. HELAMN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-054>072-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...LOW RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... THREAT... DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. DISCUSSION... A VERY WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN IS FORECAST TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AFTER 3PM AND WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AFTER 3PM TODAY. HELAMN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Rock | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington, Waukesha | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.