Tornado Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

Issued

Mar 27, 1991, 2:04 PM CST (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 1991, 2:45 PM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Green Bay, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Rock County, 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.

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TTAA00 KMSN 272006
TORMSN
WIC025-105-272045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
204 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN DANE COUNTY...ROCK COUNTY
 
BETWEEN 150 PM AND 200 PM CST TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL WISONSIN. THE FIRST WAS LOCATED
JUST SOUTH OF STOUGHTON IN DANE COUNTY AND THE SECOND WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN FOOTVILLE AND COOKSVILLE IN ROCK COUNTY. OTHER POSSIBLE
TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST ROCK COUNTY BY THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
 
MOVEMENT OF THE TORNADOES WAS NORTHEASTWARD AT 45 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN COTTAGE GROVE...CAMBRIDGE OR EDGERTON YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE TORNADOES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUmN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
NOAH

In the hours before

WIZ-005-008-009-012-013-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
125 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST
   AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM...
AT 115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL EXTENDING INTO NORTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST
WAUSHARA...NORTHERN MARQUETTE AND INTO NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY.
ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN PORTAGE AND EASTERN WAUPACA
COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WINNEBAGO...OUTAGAMIE AND CALUMET
COUNTIES BETWEEN 130 AND 2 PM. THE OTHER AREA WILL MOVE THROUGH
WAUPACA COUNTY BY 2 PM. HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...THE EN.TIRE AREA
REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM.     MECIKALSKI

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.