Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1991, 3:44 AM CDT for Marinette County, Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1991, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marinette County, WI, Oconto County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRB 290844
TORGRB
WIC075-083-290945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
344 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
SOUTHERN MARINETTE...CENTRAL OCONTO
A CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTH OF
SURING NEAR ANDERSON LAKE. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WILL BE TO TYE
TOWNS OF KLONDIKE IN OCONTO COUNTY...AND POUND AND COLEMAN IN
SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID WINDOWS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDdOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
MECIKALSKIWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 3 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, 1 hour 59 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 10 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, 38 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, 34 minutes before
WIZ005-008-290900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 310 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 305 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE SOUTHERN END OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WAUPACA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE 50 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF BIG FALLS AND CLINTONVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNA7DO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 5AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. MECIKALSKI
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:28 AM CDT, 16 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.