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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 17, 1992Brown County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 2:02 PM CDT for Brown County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 2:10 PM CDT
In force
8 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 KGRB 171902
TORGRB
WIC009-061-171930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
202 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
      EASTERN BROWN...KEWAUNEE

AT 155 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE DENMARK POLICE NEAR THE
CITY OF DENMARK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  DENMARK IS IN SOUTHEAST
BROWN COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.  SOME TOWNS IN THE
PATH ARE PILSEN...STANGELVILLE...ELLISVILLE...LUXEMBURG AND CASCO
ALL FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST TO NORTHEAST OF GREEN BAY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

1857Z/BB

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, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock51 min
Jun 17, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano41 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBRock38 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.