Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 1988, 5:07 PM CDT for Calumet County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1988, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1988, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calumet County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRB 172207
TORGRB
WIC015-071-172245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
507 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
EASTERN CALUMET...MANITOWOC
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
AT 458 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF HILBERT.
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BLOWN THE ROOF OFF AN APARTMENT
BUILDING AND LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN OFF. THE TORNADO IS
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET pON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID WINDOWS.
BBWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 11:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1125 AM CDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FOREST AND MARINETTE COUNTIES... AT 1120 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS FOREST AND CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF CRANDON IN FOREST COUNTY AND ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF CRIVITZ IN MARINETTE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME..PERSONS IN PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL STRONG WINDS. BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 125 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARINETTE NORTH HALF OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY EXPIRES... AT 120 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THAT THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD MOVED ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES HAVE MOVED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THE AREA. HOWEVER RADAR INDICATED NEW STORMS WERE FORMING OVER PARTS OF MARINETTE OCONTO AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME..PERSONS IN PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 215 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 215 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE EASTERN PART OF THE LINE WAS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND EXTENDED WEST THROUGH THE DOOR PENINSULA THEN OVER THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND THEN INTO NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY THEN WEST THROUGH MENOMINEE COUNTY AND THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE HARBOR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BB
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 300 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 300 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE IN THE LAST HOUR. IT STILL EXTENDED FROM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ON THE EAST TO SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY ON THE WEST. IT WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DOOR COUNTY...OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...OVER CENTRAL OCONTO COUNTY...OVER MOST OF MENOMINEE COUNTY AND THEN OVER SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR OVER SHAWANO COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE LINE ITSELF WAS SPREADING SLOWLY SOUTH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL! AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE HARBOR.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 415 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 410 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE HAS MOVED VERY SLOW TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY THRU MUCH OF MENOMINEE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY..OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OCONTO COUNTY..OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAY..TO SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY. AT 405 PM CDT A HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE CITY OF SHAWANO REPORTED HEAVY RAINS..PEA SIZE HAIL..AND INTENSE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AT 410 PM CDT BONDUEL REPORTED HEA-VY RAINS AND ALSO FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS. HELMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.