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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 24, 1993Columbia County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1993, 1:15 PM CDT for Columbia County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1993, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1993, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1993-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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 1993-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 24, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1115 AM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE.  A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM.  IT WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM AND MUGGY
WITH READINGS CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE 80S BY MID AFTERNOON.  STRONG SOUTH
WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
^
JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
WIZ005-008-009-012-013-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1115 AM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE.  A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM.  IT WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM AND MUGGY
WITH READINGS CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE 80S BY MID AFTERNOON.  STRONG SOUTH
WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
^
JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ005-008-241845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1248 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LANGLADE COUNTY AND SHAWANO
COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF LANGLADE COUNTY AND SHAWANO COUNTY BY 1 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ANTIGO...MATTOON...AND WITTENBERG.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
WIZ005-008-241845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1248 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LANGLADE COUNTY AND SHAWANO
COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF LANGLADE COUNTY AND SHAWANO COUNTY BY 1 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ANTIGO...MATTOON...AND WITTENBERG.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:55 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ008-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1255 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 1250 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
WAUSHARA COUNTY NEAR MOUNT MORRIS OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY BY 115 PM.  SOME TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WAUPACA...WEYAUWEGA...AND ROYALTON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:55 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ008-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1255 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 1250 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
WAUSHARA COUNTY NEAR MOUNT MORRIS OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY BY 115 PM.  SOME TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WAUPACA...WEYAUWEGA...AND ROYALTON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JUSKIE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBDane62 min
Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane62 min
Jun 24, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette60 min
Jun 24, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen60 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.