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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 17, 1992Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 12:39 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Rock County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 171739 RRA
TORMSN
WIC105-171830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
1239 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...ROCK COUNTY
 
AT 1237 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST
GREEN COUNTY IN THE BRODHEAD AREA OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THE
FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!
GREEN COUNTY...BRODHEAD
ROCK COUNTY...ORFORDVILLE...AFTON...JANESVILLE...EVANSVILLE
 
 
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, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBGreen Lake, Marquette, Waushara60 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDane, Green58 min
Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca67 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.