Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 1, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waushara County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Waushara, WI | |
| Aug 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Waushara, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, Aug 1, 6:28 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 630 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR FOREST... LANGLADE...MENOMINEE...SHAWANO AND WAUPACA COUNTIES. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 6 PM WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM FOREST COUNTY 25 MILES EAST OF RHINELANDER NEAR CRANDON...TO FLORENCE COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN NEAR THE TOWNS OF FLORENCE AND SPREAD EAGLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTIGO NEAR LAKEWOOD AND TOWNSEND...TO JUST NORTH OF MARINETTE...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF STURGEON BAY NEAR EGG HARBOR AND JACKSONPORT IN THE DOOR PENINSULA. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH PElRSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
WIZ005-008-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 705 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR FOREST... LANGLADE...MENOMINEE...SHAWANO AND WAUPACA COUNTIES. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 7 PM SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF APPLETON OR NEAR THE TOWNS OF KING AND RURAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL APPROACHING THE TOWNS OF WEYAUWEGA AND FREMONT BY 730 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Oconto | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 49 min |
Nearby
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.