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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 7, 1992Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Winnebago County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1992-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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 1992-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 080043
TORGRB
WIC139-080130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
743 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
      WINNEBAGO

AT 737 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED JUST SOUTH OF BERLIN IN NORTHEAST
GREEN LAKE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  BERLIN IS 20 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH.  SOME CITIES IN THE PATH ARE RUSH LAKE...
WAUKAU...EUREKA...WAUKAU AND OMRO AND AREAS JUST WEST OF OSHKOSH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBGreen Lake38 min
Sep 7, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago11 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.