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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 26, 1992Columbia County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 1992, 6:39 PM CDT for Columbia County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 1992, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 262342
TORMSN
WIC021-047-270030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
639 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...GREEN LAKE COUNTY
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS IN COLUMBIA AND GREEN LAKE COUNTY OF TOUCHDOWNS IN A
SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
ALL CITIES IN BOTH OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALEART FOR THESE
STORMS ARE WIDESPREAD AND HAVE A SHORT DURATION.
 
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.
STIMACH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago30 min
Sep 26, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarquette27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.