Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT for Adams County, Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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
- Jun 13, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, WI, Marquette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Marquette, WI | |
| Jun 13, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Adams, WI | |
| Jun 13, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSN 130745
SVRMSN
WIC001-077-137-130830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
245 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
ADAMS...NORTHERN MARQUETTE...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
WAUSHARA...
AT 240 AM CDT RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTH OF MAUSTON MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAINS
...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU LIVE IN ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP...WAUTOMA...WESTFIELD...AND
MONTELLO YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HfOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
NOAHWhat 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 12, 9:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
WIZ008-005-008-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OCONTO...EASTERN LANGLADE... SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTIES. AT 9PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OCONTO...EASTERN LANGLADE AND SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS ON THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. PLH
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
WIZ008-005-008-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 915 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OCONTO...EASTERN LANGLADE... SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTIES. AT 9PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OCONTO...EASTERN LANGLADE AND SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS ON THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. PLH
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WIZ008-005-008-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1205 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER LANGLADE..FOREST AND NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTIES... AT 12 MIDNIGHT CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WERE OVER LANGALDE COUNTY.. NEAR ANTIGO AND POLAR AND NEAR MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA THUS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. MORTORIST SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING NEAR UNDERPASSES. BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ008-005-008-012-130700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1405 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 130 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEENAH..IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY..NEAR BERLIN. A RELIABLE SOURCE IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY..NEAR OMRO..BY 2 AM THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE PREPARD TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:45 AM CDT, 1 hour before
WIZ008-005-008-012-130700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 145 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 130 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEENAH..IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY..NEAR BERLIN. A RELIABLE SOURCE IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE EN TERING SOUTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY..NEAR OMRO..BY 2 AM THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE PREPARD TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:39 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ008-005-008-012-130700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 230 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7AM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 230 RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND THE FOX VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEENAH..IN WAUSHARA COUNTY..NEAR REDGRANITE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE STORM WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHWEST WINNEBAGO AND SOUTHERN WAUPACA COUNTIES BY AROUND 3 AM CDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN R[EPORTED..HOWEVER..YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR UNDERPASSES. BRUSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marquette | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.