Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1998, 10:03 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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
- May 28, 1998, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheboygan County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WUUS1 KMKE 290302 RRA SVRMKE WIC117-290400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1003 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FOND DU LAC AND BYRON IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR... NEAR PLYMOUTH BY 1015 PM AND SHEBOYGAN BY 1030 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. JH/TZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 62 min |
| May 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 52 min |
| May 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 62 min |
| May 28, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 53 min |
| May 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth, Waukesha | 60 min |
| May 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 62 min |
| May 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 62 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.