Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:02 PM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:28 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Dane, 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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 171702 RRA TORMSN WIC025-045-171800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1202 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...DANE COUNTY...GREEN COUNTY AT NOON A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF NEW GLARUS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD BELLEVILLE AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR MIDDLETON IN DANE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN BELLEVILLE...VERNONA...MADISON...SUN PRAIRIE TAKE COVER NOW! 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 CUSHIO-NS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 9 min |
| Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 9 min |
| Jun 17, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano, Waupaca | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Rock | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown, Kewaunee | 8 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.