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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 25, 1992Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1992, 5:27 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1992, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Outagamie County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 1992-08-25Temperature 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 1992-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 252227
SVRGRB
WIC087-135-139-252330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
527 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
      OUTAGAMIE...

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
      SOUTHEAST WAUPACA...WINNEBAGO...

RADAR INDICATED AT 530PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
EASTERN WAUSHARA AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAS5 AT 40 MPH.

AT 515 PM...50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN WAUSHARA AND GREEN
LAKE COUNTIES.

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.

PLH

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 25, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
WIZ008-252100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
305 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 305 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING
IN SOUTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SHAWANO AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES BY 400 PM.  SOME
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SHAWANO...RED RIVER...AND THORNTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  IF YO~U ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE
TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM  WINDOWS.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
WIZ008-252115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
320 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 320 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING
IN WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WAUPACA COUNTY BY 415 PM.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OGDENSBURG AND CLINTONVILLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE
TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM  WINDOWS.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
WIZ005-008-252200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
355 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SHAWANO COUNTY...

AT 355 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
IN EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY NEAR
ANGELICA AND ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY NEAR NAVARINO.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN SHAWANO AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTIES
BY 500 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SAMPSON...ABRAMS...
AND BONDUEL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IFn YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE
TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.
SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ005-252230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
425 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 420 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN
OCONTO COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF OCONTO...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.  THE STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY BY 530 PM.  SOME TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PESHTIGO...MARINETTE AND HARMONY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE
TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:37 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
435 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GREEN BAY AND POINTS SOUTH UNTIL 9 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL
9 PM.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY
FROM GREEN BAY SOUTHWARD.

PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THIS EVENING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
WIZ008-012-252300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
515 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WINNEBAGO...OUTAGAMIE...AND WAUPACA
COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
WAUSHARA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN BAY.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  THE
STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WINNEBAGO...OUTAGAMIE AND WAUPACA COUNTIES BY
545 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WINNECONNE...OMRO...
AND HORTONVILLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPpECT
STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE
TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.
.
SKOWRONSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau, Sauk48 min
Aug 25, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia43 min
Aug 25, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen Lake, Marquette, Waushara64 min
Aug 25, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca, Winnebago43 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.