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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 19, 1992Adams County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 2:32 PM CDT for Adams County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 19, 1992, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 3:10 PM CDTHail 1Adams, 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1992-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1992-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 KMSN 191934
SVRMSN
WIC001-192015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
232 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 228 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR 5 MILES NORTH
OF MAUSTON OR 50 MIELS NORTHWEST OF MADISON MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR INDICATED LARGE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.
 
NEW LISBON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE GROUND COVERED WITH PEA SIZED TO
1 INCH HAIL.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE BROOKSIDE...
EASTON...WHITE CREEK...PLAINVILLE...AND BIG SPRINGS.
 
 
 
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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBJuneau43 min
Jul 19, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland38 min
Jul 19, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia, Dane37 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane, Green32 min
Jul 19, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca39 min
Jul 19, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRock47 min
Jul 19, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.