Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1992, 1:36 AM CDT for Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1992, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1992, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Outagamie County, WI, Waupaca County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRB 180642 SVRGRB WIC135-087-115-180745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 136 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...NORTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY AT 135 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY NEAR IOLA...WHICH IS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVACROSS WAUPACA...EASTERN SHAWANO...AND NORTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES BY 24AM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLINTONVILLE... EMBARRASS...BEAR CREEK...AND NAVARINO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JS/BB
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, Sep 18, 12:39 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ005-008-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1240 AM CDT fri SEP 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD western langlade...western menominee...and western shawano counties... a strong thunderstorm in marathon county near wausau and mosinee is moving toward western langlade...western menominee...and western shawano counties. the thunderstorm will be affecting the towns of antigo... birnamwood and wittenberg by 100 am cdt. these towns are about 60 miles west northwest of green bay, THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NDOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. bb
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:29 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
WIZ005-008-180715 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 115 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 110 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS NORTHEAST TO WABENO ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SHAWANO...MENOMINEE... EASTERN LANGLADE...SOUTHERN FOREST...AND WESTERN OCONTO COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 215 AM CDT. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE NEOPIT...MOUNTAIN.. SURING...SHAWANO...AND MARION. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY BY AROUND 130 AM CDT IN THE VICINITY OF IOLA. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. YOU ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS IF A STORM AFFECTS YOUR AREA. BB/JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.