Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Adams, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 55 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.