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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 2, 1990Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 3:29 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 567 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 022029
SVRMSN
WIC021-022115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON WIHAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...EASTERN COLUMBIA
 
LOCAL RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF
MADISON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MADISON NEAR ARLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE ARLINGTON...POYNETTE...RIO...
COLUMBUS...RANDOLF...AND CAMBRIA.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SH(ELTER 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 2, 3:02 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ008-005-008-009-012-013-022045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
300 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
   WISCONSIN EXCEPT DOOR COUNTY...

AT 255 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THE MOST INTENSE STORMS
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN WERE IN THE STEVENS POINT-AMHERST JUNCTION
AREA IN PORTAGE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.

AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM GREEN BAY TO MARINETTE.
THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.

AS OF 3 PM CDT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. HOWEVER YOU SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATE-
MENTS AND THE POSSIBLY OF WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane52 min
Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.