Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT for Green County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 15, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green County, WI, Rock County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Green, WI | |
| Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Rock, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 160114 SVRMSN WIC045-105-160200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 812 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHEASTERN GREEN COUNTY...ROCK COUNTY AT 810 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER NEAR JUDA OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKFORD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE JUDA...BRODHEAD...ORFORDVILLE AND ALBANY. 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
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, Apr 15, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
WIZ005-008-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 500 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 455 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST SHAWANO COUNTY 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY NEAR MARION. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE SHAWANO AREA BY 530 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CREATE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN SHAWANO COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN COUNTY AROUND 6 PM. STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ISAACSON
Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
650 PM CDT WED APR 15 1992
ATTN SELS
WEATHER EVENTS OF APR1L 15 1992
500 PM CDT...SHAWANO COUNTY AT TIGERTON......MARBLE-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF/S
500 PM CDT...SHAWANO COUNTY NW OF MARION.....NEAR GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF/S
523 PM CDT...SHAWANO COUNTY AT BONDUEL.......MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF/S
523 PM CDT...SHAWANO COUNTY IN THE CITY OF SHAWANO...REPORTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL
548 PM CDT...SHAWANO COUNTY AT CECIL.........PUBLIC REPORT OF 1/4-INCH HAIL
549 PM CDT...OCONTO COUNTY AT ABRAMS.........1/2-INCH HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF/S
ISAACSON/HEINNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.