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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 29, 1990Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 12:33 AM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. 6 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 29, 1990, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rock, WI
Jun 29, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rock, WI
Jun 29, 12:37 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Green, WI
Jun 29, 12:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rock, WI
Jun 29, 12:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 74Rock, WI
Jun 29, 1:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rock, 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, 5.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1990-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 290533
SVRMSN
WIC045-105-290630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
1233 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON WIHAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...GREEN...ROCK
 
AT 1230 CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF MADISON TO MINERAL POINT.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE DARLINGTON..MONTICELLO..NEW GLARUS..
AND JANESVILLE.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 X
MEM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBGreen, Iowa2 hr
Jun 29, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBRichland62 min
Jun 29, 6:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBRichland67 min
Jun 29, 7:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBGreen116 min
Jun 29, 7:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBRichland116 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.