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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 19, 1992Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 6:13 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Rock County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 6:25 PM CDTHail 1Rock, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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

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, Jul 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-192330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
415 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL
8 PM TONIGHT.  THE WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINETTE...FLORENCE...DOOR
OR KEWAUNEE COUNTIES.

RADAR AT 400 PM INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WISCONSIN RIVER
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WAUPACA AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES BY AROUND 5 PM...AND INTO
THE FOX RIVER VALLEY AREA BY AROUND 530 PM.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PREPARE TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.  BOATERS ON LAKES POYGAN...BUTTE DES MORTS AN
WINNEBAGO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN.

SKIES ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THIS EVENING.
IT WILL ALSO BE WARM WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER
70S IN THE NORTH AND THE LOW TO MID 80S IN THE SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.

AGAIN...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.  STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
WIZ008-192215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
445 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST
WAUPACA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTHLAND...OR 60 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
BIG FALLS AREA BY 500 PM AND INTO THE CLINTONVILLE AREA AROUND 515 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF @THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
WIZ008-192245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
505 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN
SHAWANO COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARION...OR 40 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
CITY OF SHAWANO 520 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.  STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:19 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
WIZ008-192315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
515 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OUTAGAMIE
COUNTY FROM 10 MILES WEST OF APPLETON NEAR DALE...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
APPLETON NEAR NEW LONDON.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
CITY OF KAUKAUNA AROUND 545 PM AND INTO SOUTHWEST BROWN COUNTY AROUND 6 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.  STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:19 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
WIZ008-012-192315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ZONE CODE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
515 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OUTAGAMIE
COUNTY FROM 10 MILES WEST OF APPLETON NEAR DALE...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
APPLETON NEAR NEW LONDON.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
CITY OF KAUKAUNA AROUND 545 PM AND INTO SOUTHWEST BROWN COUNTY AROUND 6 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.  STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ005-008-200015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
530 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN SHAWANO
COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY NEAR THE TOWN OF CECIL.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY TO NEAR THE CITY OF OCONTO FALLS BY 545 PM...AND INTO
THE LENA AREA BY 600 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.  STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ISAACSON

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, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams43 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, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca28 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.