Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 8:49 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 25, 1998, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver Lake, WI | |
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Kenosha Muni Arpt, WI | |
| Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington, WI | |
| Jun 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol, 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 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992 WUUS1 KMKE 260150 RRA SVRMKE WIC059-101-260250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 849 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN WESTERN RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 950 PM CDT * AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EASTERN WALWORTH... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TWIN LAKES AT 850 PM NEW MUNSTER AT 850 PM WATERFORD AT 847 PM ROCHESTER AT 855 PM 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. MK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Walworth | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 63 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.