Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1991, 2:13 AM CDT for Langlade County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
- May 29, 1991, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Langlade County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Langlade, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 29, 1:41 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ005-290730 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 135 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 AT 130 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL VILAS COUNTY...JUST WEST OF CONOVER...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE RACING EAST AT 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH STORMS IN THE LINE ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCH HAIL. ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ACCOMPANYING THE STORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN 230 AND 300 AM. PEOPLE AREA ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THESE DANGEROUS STORMS. MECIKALSKI
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:45 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
WIZ005-290730 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 135 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STORNG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FOREST...FLORENCE AND LANGLADE COUNTIES... AT 130 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL VILAS COUNTY...JUST WEST OF CONOVER...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE RACING EAST AT 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH STORMS IN THE LINE ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCH HAIL. ALSO...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ACCOMPANYING THE STORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT FOREST...FLORENCE AND LANGLADE COUNTIES BETWEEN 230 AND 300 AM. PEOPLE AREA ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THESE DANGEROUS STORMS. MECIKALSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 61 min |
| May 29, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 56 min |
| May 29, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette | 47 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.