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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 18, 1992Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1992-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 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 1992-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau62 min
Sep 18, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano54 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.