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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 29, 1992Adams County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1992, 7:51 PM CDT for Adams County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 29, 1992, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 8:00 PM CDTTornado F1Adams, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1992-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 690 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 1992-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 300052
TORMSN
WIC001-300145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
751 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF.
THE FUNNEL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAMS AND 6 MILES WEST OF
ARKDALE OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MADISON WISCONSIN. LARGE
HAIL ..DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
 
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM AND FUNNEL ARE NEW
ROME..MONROE CENTER..ARKDALE AND BIG FLATS.
 
GRIMM
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 50 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, 1 hour 26 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
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:26 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
725 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUE TO MOVE
RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. AT 715 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM RHINDELANDER SOUTH THRU WAUSAU THEN SOUTHWEST
INTO WOOD AND JUNEAU COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN FOREST...LANGLADE...MTENOMINEE...SHAWANO AND WAUPACA COUNTIES
CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 8PM AND 9PM THIS EVENING.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
PLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBJuneau55 min
Aug 29, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.