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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waushara County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 300116 TORMSN WIC137-300200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 815 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WAUSHARA COUNTY RADAR AT 810 PM CDT DETECTED NUMEROUS HOOK ECHOES NEAR HIGHWAY 22 OR NEAR SILVER LAKE IN WAUSHARA COUNTY. THESE ECHOES WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH. TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE PATH PLAINFIELD..HANCOCK ..COLOMA AND RICHFORD. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS. 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. GRIMM
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, 3 hours 14 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 50 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, 49 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, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.