Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 1:24 AM CDT for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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 28, 1998, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 2:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Belmont, WI | |
| Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont, 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 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 4171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 280624 SVRMKE WIC049-065-280725- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 124 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 225 AM CDT * AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MILLVILLE IN GRANT COUNTY TO DUBUQUE IOWA... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED 70 MPH WINDS IN LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 78 min |
| Jun 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Rock | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 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.