Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1989, 8:49 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- May 24, 1989, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winnebago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Winnebago, 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRB 250149
TORGRB
WIC139-250230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
849 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
WINNEBAGO
...AT 840 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY RELIABLE SOURCES IN
FONDULAC COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF RIPON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO
WINNEBAGO COUNTY TOWARD THE CITY OF OSHKOSH.
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 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID WINDOWS.
BRUSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Sauk | 51 min |
| May 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 61 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Marquette | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | 61 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc | 69 min |
| May 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Door | 69 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto, Shawano | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marquette | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown, Outagamie | 42 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Calumet, Winnebago | 57 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto | 57 min |
| May 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 52 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 62 min |
| May 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 39 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.