Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 6:11 PM CST for Columbia County, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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, 6:11 PM CST (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane 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, 6:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Columbia, WI | |
| Mar 13, 6:28 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Dane, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSN 140011
SVRMSN
WIC021-025-140115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
611 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
COLUMBIA...NORTHWEST DANE
RADAR HAS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MT. HOREB TO
LODI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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.
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 HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RA>INS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SWENSONWhat 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, Mar 13, 6:04 PM CST, 7 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-140100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 600 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THRU WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 600 PM CST RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE GREEN BAY VICINTY BY 630 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOT IN EFFECT FOR 5NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BUT PERSONS SHOULD STILL LISTEN TO POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS. HELMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau, Sauk | 33 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.