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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 1, 1992Calumet County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT for Calumet County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1992, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Calumet County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 020112
SVRGRB
WIC015-020200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
812 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
      NORTHERN CALUMET

AT 810 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE
AND NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES NEAR APPLETON.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVING INTO THE FOREST
JUNCTION AREA BY 840 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.

ISAACON

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, 1 hour 44 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, 59 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, 46 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara40 min
Aug 1, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBJuneau49 min
Aug 1, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago55 min
Aug 1, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBJuneau37 min
Aug 1, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Oconto49 min
Aug 1, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.