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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1992, 7:05 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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 29, 1992, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Juneau County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Juneau, WI | |
| Aug 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Juneau, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 29, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 515 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING... SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THIS EVENING AND BE NEAR NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL WISCONSIN BY AROUND 8 PM CDT. AREA RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER FOR LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S AND SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL HOLD SWAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT SHOULD ENTER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY AROUND 9PM THIS EVENING SHIFTING THE WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR WITH THE APPROACH OF ANY STORMS. PLH
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 620 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL WISCONSIN BY AROUND 8 PM CDT. AREA RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER FOR LATER THIS EVENING. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND AREA WATERS SHOULD BE READY OF SEEK SAFE HARBOR BY AROUND 8PM TO 9PM THIS EVENING. PLH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.