Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1992, 9:13 PM CDT for Burnett County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burnett County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 5696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDLH 100213 TORDLH WIC013-129-100245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 913 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ...BURNETT COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY AT 910 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH TORNADIC ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHERN BURNETT COUNTY WISCONSIN NEAR THE CITY OF SIREN MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC ACTIVITY INCLUDE THE CITIES OF SIREN...SHELL LAKE...AND SPOONER WISCONSIN. IN 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. OLSON
What 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
Local storm report, Aug 9, 3:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY PRODUCT WORKSHEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FLLS, MN...UPDATED...
315 PM CDT SUN AUG 09 1992
STORM DATA REPORTS FOR AUG 9 1992
TIME COUNTY/CITY/STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
CDT REPORTED BY
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1150 AM KOOCHICHING/BIG FALLS/MN PEA SIZE HAIL/HEAVY RAIN
SPOTTER
1215 PM BELTRAMI/WASKISH/MN 3/4 INCH HAIL/HEAVY RAIN
SPOTTER
1230 PM KOOCHICHING/INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING STRUCK TRANSFORMER
FALLS/NORTHHOME/LAKE POWER OUT IN INL FALLS/
KABETOGAMA/MN TREES DOWN STRONG WINDS IN
NORTH HOME/TREES ACROSS
ROADS SOUTH OF LAKE
KABETOGAMA
1245 PM NORTH ST LOUIS/ORR/MN EST 60 TO 75 MPH/NON-TRAINED
SPOTTER
1257 PM NORTH ST LOUIS/ASH RIVER/MN HEAVY RAIN STRONG WNDS
SPOTTER
1306 PM NORTH ST LOUIS/LAKE KABETOGAMA HEAVY RAIN/40-50 MPH
MN SPOTTER
1315 PM NORTH ST LOUIS/ASH RIVER/MN TREES DOWN/POWER OUT/
EXCESS OF 50 MPH WND
NON TRAINED SPOTTER ON
EST OF WINDSSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 4:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
MNZ002-003-004-006-007-092250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 455 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KOOCHICHING AND NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCW NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MNZ005-008-009-011-012-WIZ001>004-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 730 PM CDT SUNDAY AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING QUICKLY SOUTH OF DULUTH... AT 717 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT DULUTH MINNESOTA HAD DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF DULUTH OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE 25 TO 70 MILES SOUTH THRU SOUTHEAST FROM DULUTH MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN TORNADOS MAY MOVE INTO THE FOLLOW LOCATIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR FROM 730 TILL 830 PM CDT...SIREN WISCONSIN...CABLE AND DRUMMOND ...SOLON SPRINGS AND GORDON WISCONSIN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MNZ005-008-009-011-012-WIZ001>004-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 730 PM CDT SUNDAY AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING QUICKLY SOUTH OF DULUTH... AT 717 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT DULUTH MINNESOTA HAD DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF DULUTH OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE 25 TO 70 MILES SOUTH THRU SOUTHEAST FROM DULUTH MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN TORNADOS MAY MOVE INTO THE FOLLOW LOCATIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR FROM 730 TILL 830 PM CDT...SIREN WISCONSIN...CABLE AND DRUMMOND ...SOLON SPRINGS AND GORDON WISCONSIN OLSON
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
WIZ001>004-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 840 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BURNETT AND SAWYER COUNTIES WISCONSIN... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS BEING TRACKED BY POLICE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF HAYWARD WISCONSIN. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. THIS SEVERE STORM OVER SAWYER COUNTY MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT ANY TIME. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 8 MILES SOUTH OF DANBURY IN NORTHERN BURNETT COUNTY WISCONSIN NEAR WEBSTER. THIS SEVERE STORM OVER SIREN WISCONSIN IN BURNETT COULD PRODUChE A TORNADO WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY TIME. OLSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 68 min |
| Aug 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett | 68 min |
| Aug 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.