Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 1992, 8:34 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 11 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1992, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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, 1.6 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.
- 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 KGRB 080134
TORGRB
WIC139-080145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
834 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF WISCONSIN
WINNEBAGO
AT 825 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALLENVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSHKOSH MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH ARE NEENAH AND MENASHA.
THIS EXTENDS THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED FOR WINNEBAGO
COUNTY.
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.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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 25 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
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
WIZ012-080115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 725 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 720 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF EUREKA BY ABOUT 800 PM. THE STORM SHOULD REACH THE OMRO AREA BY ABOUT 815 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. . JS/BB
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 8:01 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
WIZ005-008-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 755 PM CDT MON SEP 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SHAWANO COUNTY... AT 750 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SHAWANO COUNTY JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF SHAWANO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHAWANO IS 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MENOMINEE COUNTY NEAR KESHENA BY 805 PM. IT WILL REACH THE SURING AND HAYES AREA OF OCONTO COUNTY BY 815 PM. SURING AND HAYES ARE 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY dIF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 47 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.