Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 7:34 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 71 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 18, 1998, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Trevor, 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 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 190034 RRA SVRMKE WIC059-079-089-101-131-WIZ526>529-190145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 734 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KENOSHA COUNTY MILWAUKEE COUNTY OZAUKEE COUNTY RACINE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM HORICON TO SULLIVAN TO NEAR DELEVAN... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM NEAR PORT WASHINGTON TO KENOSHA BY 830 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 71 min |
| Jun 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.