Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheboygan County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Plymouth, WI | |
| Jun 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheboygan, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 242245 RRA SVRMKE WIC079-089-117-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 545 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILWAUKEE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN OZAUKEE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED SHEBOYGAN CEDARBURG PORT WASHINGTON MILWAUKEE * AT 540 PM A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES WEST OF SHEBOYGAN TO 35 MILES WEST OF MILWAUKEE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. EXPECT BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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
Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
422 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0358 PM LAKE DELTON WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 SAUK NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0402 PM OXFORD WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 MARQUETTE SEVERAL TREES DOWN
THLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
422 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0358 PM LAKE DELTON WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 SAUK NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0402 PM OXFORD WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 MARQUETTE SEVERAL TREES DOWN
THLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:46 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
446 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM JORDAN CENTER WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 GREEN SEVERAL TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
0435 PM MONTICELLO WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 GREEN SEVERAL TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
THLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:49 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
446 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM JORDAN CENTER WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 GREEN SEVERAL TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
0435 PM MONTICELLO WI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/97 GREEN SEVERAL TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
THThe 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, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 47 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, 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.