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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 16, 1992Outagamie County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
May 16, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Outagamie County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 8:20 PM CDTTornado F1Outagamie, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 170115
TORGRB
WIC087-170145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
      OUTAGAMIE

AT 805 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...
OR 5 MILES WEST OF APPLETON.  THE TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE
HIGHWAY 45 AND COUNTY BB JUST WEST OF APPLETON.  THE TORNADO IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE APPLETON AREA
BY 815 PM AND IN THE FOX CITIES AREA BY 830 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

ISAACSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie54 min
May 16, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown38 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.