Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 4:07 PM CST for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green 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, 4:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Green, WI | |
| Mar 13, 4:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 132207
SVRMSN
WIC045-132300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
407 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
GREEN
RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN GREEN
COUNTY IN WISCONSIN. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
MONROE AND MONTICELLO. THE HISTORY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOSTLY LARGE HAIL OF GOLFBALL SIZE.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
YAND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SWENSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green, Rock | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane, Rock | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 43 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.