Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1993, 4:55 PM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1993, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1993, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Manitowoc County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KGRB 142200 RRA SVRGRB WIC071-WIZ503-142230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 455 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...MANITOWOC COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON ADJACENT PORTIONS OF ...LAKE MICHIGAN AT 455 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKS MILLS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MANITOWOC. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF VALDERS AND NEWTON BY 520 PM...AND THEN CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD SEEK HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. JS &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
WIZ008-012-141800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1204 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT NOON...THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT NEENAH REPORTED HAIL OF NEARLY 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HAIL WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOU45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO AND INTO WESTERN CALUMET COUNTY NEAR CHILTON BY 1230 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. ONCE INSIDE...$ STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JS &
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
WIZ008-012-141800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO LINE 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1204 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT NOON...THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT NEENAH REPORTED HAIL OF NEARLY 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HAIL WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO AND INTO WESTERN CALUMET COUNTY NEAR CHILTON BY 1230 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STOR6MS ARRIVE. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JS
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
WIZ012-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 354 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 350 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR PINE RIVER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF APPLETON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WINNEBAGO COUNTY. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE WINNECONNE...OMRO...AND OSHKOSH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. JS/JJ
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:58 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ012-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 354 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 350 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR PINE RIVER...OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF APPLETON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WINNEBAGO COUNTY. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE WINNECONNE...OMRO...AND OSHKOSH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. JS/JJ
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:30 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
WIZ012-013-503-142230- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MANITOWOC...WEST...TO NEAR OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES BY 515 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS INCLUDE CHILTON AND OSHKOSH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO...AND ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF THE MANITOWOC COUNTY SHORELINE...SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. JS
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
WIZ012-013-503-142230- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 425 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MANITOWOC...WEST...TO NEAR OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES BY 515 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER STORMS INCLUDE CHILTON AND OSHKOSH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO...AND ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF THE MANITOWOC COUNTY SHORELINE...SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. JS
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.