Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1997, 11:11 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1997, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 260411 RRA SVRMKE WIC089-131-260500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1111 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OZAUKEE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED KEWASKUM WEST BEND NEWBURG * AT 1110 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOND DU LAC...NEAR KEWASKUM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HENTZ/ZAJDEL
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, Jul 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
850 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE FUNNEL CLOUD ON GROUND
DEBRIS
0833 PM 4 N OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE SHERIFF REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND. ROTATING WALL
CLOUD BY SPOTTERS
0839 PM 4 NE OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE HWY 51 AND HWY 19. DEBRIS
FALLING FROM SKY
HENTZLocal storm report, Jul 25, 8:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
850 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE FUNNEL CLOUD ON GROUND
DEBRIS
0833 PM 4 N OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE SHERIFF REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND. ROTATING WALL
CLOUD BY SPOTTERS
0839 PM 4 NE OF MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE HWY 51 AND HWY 19. DEBRIS
FALLING FROM SKY
HENTZLocal storm report, Jul 25, 10:41 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1041 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 2 W WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE BARN AND HOUSE DAMAGED
0800 PM 2 N MADISON WI WIND DAMAGE
07/25/97 DANE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTH
SIDE OF MADISON
0755 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE PARTIAL DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES. ROOFS OFF.
0835 PM 2 N MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE
0845 PM 4 NE MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE REPORTED NEAR TOKEN CREEK
0905 PM MARSHALL WI 58 MPH WIND GUST
07/25/97 DANE
0930 PM MARSHALL WI FLOODING
07/25/97 DANE OVER 5.50 INCHES RAIN IN 3
HOURS
0905 PM SUN PRAIRIE WI FLOODING
07/25/97 DANE 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER
ROADS
JH/PUMA/GDLocal storm report, Jul 25, 10:45 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1041 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 2 W WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE BARN AND HOUSE DAMAGED
0800 PM 2 N MADISON WI WIND DAMAGE
07/25/97 DANE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTH
SIDE OF MADISON
0755 PM WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE PARTIAL DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES. ROOFS OFF.
0835 PM 2 N MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE
0845 PM 4 NE MADISON WI TORNADO
07/25/97 DANE REPORTED NEAR TOKEN CREEK
0905 PM MARSHALL WI 58 MPH WIND GUST
07/25/97 DANE
0930 PM MARSHALL WI FLOODING
07/25/97 DANE OVER 5.50 INCHES RAIN IN 3
HOURS
0905 PM SUN PRAIRIE WI FLOODING
07/25/97 DANE 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER
ROADS
JH/PUMA/GDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.