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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 17, 1992Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 11:16 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 9 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 11:25 AM CDT
In force
9 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Door County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 171616
SVRGRB
WIC009-029-171700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1116 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM CDT FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
      BROWN...SOUTHERN DOOR

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

AT 1100 AM CDT 21/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR FORESTVILLE OR ABOUT
35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.  THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. SOME CITIES IN ITS PATH ARE MAPLEWOOD AND STURGEON BAY.
RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF DEPERE
JUST SOUTH OF GREEN BAY ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  SOME
CITIES IN ITS PATH ARE EAST GREEN BAY AND NEW FRANKEN WHICH IS ABOUT
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.  BOATERS FROM KEWAUNEE TO STURGEON
BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

1610Z/BB

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, Jun 17, 9:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
WIZ012-171515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
920 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR OSHKOSH...

AT 910 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
WINNEBAGO COUNTY NEAR OSHKOSH.  THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALUMET COUNTY NEAR SHERWOOD BY ABOUT 945 AM.  HAIL
UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED
ACROSS THE AIRPORT IN OSHKOSH.  GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH HAVE ALSO
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELETER
IMMEDIATELY.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
WIZ012-171515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
920 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR OSHKOSH...

AT 910 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
WINNEBAGO COUNTY NEAR OSHKOSH.  THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALUMET COUNTY NEAR SHERWOOD BY ABOUT 945 AM.  HAIL
UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED
ACROSS THE AIRPORT IN OSHKOSH.  GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH HAVE ALSO
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WIZ008-012-171530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
945 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BROWN AND WESTERN MANITOWOC COUNTIES...

AT 945 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
OUTAGAMIE AND NORTHERN CALUMET COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY TO 20 MILES WEST OF
MANITOWOC.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO BROWN AND NORTHWEST MANITOWOC COUNTIES BY 10 AM.

STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELETER
IMMEDIATELY.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
WIZ009-171545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
955 AM CDT WED 17 JUN 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DOOR AND KEWAUNEE COUNTY...

AT 955 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL
BROWN COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO KEWAUNEE COUNTY BY 1010 AM.  THE TOWNS OF
ELLISVILLE AND SLOVAN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.  THE STORMS SHOULD REACH
DOOR COUNTY BY 1025 AM.  THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
TO 35 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:45 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
WIZ008-009-171630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1045 AM CDT WED 17 JUN 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING JUST EAST OF GREEN BAY...

AT 1035 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN BROWN COUNTY JUST EAST OF GREEN BAY.

THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS BROWN COUNTY AND INTO KEWAUNEE
COUNTY BY 11 AM.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CHAMPION
AND LUXEMBURG.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SOME
SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
THE STORMS HIT.  DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR STAND NEAR WINDOWS
WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:59 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ009-171630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1055 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 1050 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
DYCKESVILLE IN KEWAUNEE COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

THESE STORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN KEWAUNEE COUNTY AND INTO DOOR COUNTY.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STURGEON BAY AND ALGOMA.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.
SKOWRONSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown9 min
Jun 17, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor34 min
Jun 17, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBGreen Lake, Marquette, Waushara60 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDane, Green58 min
Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca67 min
Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock51 min
Jun 17, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano41 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock38 min
Jun 17, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee8 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.