Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 2:54 PM CST for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green County, WI, Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:33 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Green, WI | |
| Mar 13, 3:35 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Green, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSN 132054
SVRMSN
WIC045-105-132145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
254 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON WIHAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...SOUTHEASTERN GREEN...NORTHWESTERN ROCK
AT 2:45 PM CST RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREEN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH..SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
ARE..MONROE..BROADHEAD..EVANSVILLE..EDGERTON..JANESVILLE AND MILTON
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER !FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
GRIMMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane, Rock | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 43 min |
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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.