Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT for Sawyer County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sawyer County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 100407 TORDLH WIC113-100430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1100 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ...SAWYER COUNTY AT 1050 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGHTING FUNNEL CLOUDS 5 MILES NORTH OF RADISSON...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYWARD. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR RADISSON BEFORE 1130 PM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. DFM
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
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 26 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, 2 hours 20 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, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 64 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.