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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 1998Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 10:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindElkhart 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette62 min
May 28, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk52 min
May 28, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette62 min
May 28, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green63 min
May 28, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Rock53 min
May 28, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac63 min
May 28, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth, Waukesha60 min
May 28, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine62 min
May 28, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha62 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.