Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 1992, 7:07 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 7, 1992, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green Lake County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Green Lake, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 080021 COR TORMSN WIC047-080045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI ...CORRECTION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL 707 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 REFERENCE IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY AT 700 PM SHERIFFS IN MARQUETTE COUNTY SPOTTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF MONTELLO. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR INTO WESTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE PRINCETON AND GREEN LAKE. 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. MOONEY
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, Sep 7, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WIZ008-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 525 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN WAUPACA COUNTY.... AT 525 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF WAUPACA...OR ABOUT 55 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF MANAWA AND CLINTONVILLE BY 630 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:09 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
WIZ008-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 605 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN WAUPACA COUNTY.... AT 600 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MARION AND CLINTONVILLE...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY AND JUST WEST OF NEW LONDON...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CLINTONVILLE...SHAWANO...NEW LONDON...AND SHIOCTON AREAS BETWEEN 600PM AND 630 PM CDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 11 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.