Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1991, 4:13 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee 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, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Door, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
WIZ005-290845 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 230 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SHAWANO AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES... AT 230 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST ENTERING WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF SHAWANO...AND ALSO THE CITY OF KESHENA IN MENOMINEE COUNTY BY AROUND 330 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM FOR LANGLADE COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WIZ005-290945 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 305 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FOREST COUNTY... AT 300 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FOREST COUNTY FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF CRANDON SOUTHWARD INTO LANGLADE COUNTY. THIS IS FROM 30 TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAUSAU. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH FOREST COUNTY...AND WILL ENTER FLORENCE AND NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTIES BY AROUND 400 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FOREST COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AN/D HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS PASSING THROUGH CRANDON. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 29, 3:28 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
WIZ005-008-290930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 330 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN OCONTO AND SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTIES... AT 325 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST AT 45 MPH INTO SOUTHERN MARINETTE AND EASTERN OCONTO COUNTIES. THIS FROM GILLET TO 5 MILES WEST OF WAUSAUKEE OR FROM 30 TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF GREEN BAY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES BY 430 AM. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINSO IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 5AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS MECIKALSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 62 min |
| May 29, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 61 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.