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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 17, 1992Green Lake County, Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 11:45 AM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Waushara County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 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 171646
TORMSN
WIC137-047-077-171745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
1145 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...WAUSHARA COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...GREEN LAKE COUNTY...MARQUETTE COUNTY
 
AT 1140 AM RADAR DETECTED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. REPORTS OF
FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE RECEIVED FROM SPOTTERS WEST OF THE MENTIONED
COUNTIES.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADOES...
 MARQUETTE COUNTY...WESTFIELD..OXFORD...ENDEAVOR
 WAUSHARA COUNTY...PLAINFIELD...HANCOCK...COLOMA
 GREEN LAKE COUNTY...PRINCETON...KINGSTON...BERLIN
 
 
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.
 
PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown9 min
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor9 min
Jun 17, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor34 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDane, Green58 min
Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca67 min
Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock51 min
Jun 17, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano41 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock38 min
Jun 17, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee8 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.