Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 8:06 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 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 16, 1992, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Outagamie County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Outagamie, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 16, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 605 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM FOR SHAWANO...OCONTO AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES... AT 555 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...OR NEAR MATTOON IN NORTHWEST SHAWANO COUNTY...TO 40 MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY...OR NEAR PESHTIGO IN MARINETTE COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK INDOOR SHELTER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY A STORM CENTER IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND COLD FRONT MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD FOR MID MAY...DROPPING ONLY INTO THE 60S BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WINDS HOWEVER WILL REMAIN STRONG FROM THE SOUTH AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 30 min |
| May 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown | 38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.