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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 19, 1988Adams County, Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 1988, 4:58 PM CDT for Adams County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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: Sep 19, 1988, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 1988, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Waushara County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 19, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Waushara, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 192200
TORMSN
WIC001-137-192245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
458 PM CDT MON SEP 19 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON WIHAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...NORTHERN ADAMS
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...WAUSHARA
 
AT 4:53PM CDT SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE LOGGED BY
THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.  THESE TORNADOS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
STIMACH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca	59 min
Sep 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Shawano	40 min
Sep 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	38 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.