Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 7:35 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 1, 1992, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winnebago County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Winnebago, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRB 020034
SVRGRB
WIC139-020130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
735 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
WINNEBAGO
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING NORTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY ABOUT
25 MILES WEST OF APPLETON NEAR LAKE POYGAN. THE STORM IS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE FOX VALLEY COMMUNITIES
OF NEENAH...MENASHA AND OSHKOSH AREAS AROUND 800 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL."..VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
ISAACSONWhat 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, 1 hour 7 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, 22 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
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:26 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
WIZ008-012-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 730 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WINNEBAGO COUNTY... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 720 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WAUSHARA COUNTY ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AROUND 740 PM...AND WILL BE IN OSHKOSH AREA AROUND 800 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THREA TENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR WAUPACA COUNTY. STAYED TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 49 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.