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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 6, 1993Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 8:35 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Waushara County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMSN 070138 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC137-070230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN WAUSHARA COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM...THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN WAUSHARA COUNTY REPORTED THAT
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAD FALLEN NEAR WILD ROSE...ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF
OSHKOSH. RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE TOWNS
OF WEST BLOOMFILED AND TUSTIN.
 
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING NORTHWEST WAUSHARA COUNTY AND
MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
J LAST
&

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, Jul 6, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WIZ005-070130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
727 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 725 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ENTERING SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BEAVER OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF MARINETTE.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT BEAVER AND
PORTERFIELD THROUGH 8 PM.  SOME REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
WITH THESE STORMS.

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, Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ008-070145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
743 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

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

AT 740 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
WAUPACA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AT THE
PORTAGE COUNTY AND WAUPACA COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY
AFFECT THE CITY OF WAUPACA...ROYALTON...AND NORTHPORT THROUGH 815 PM.
THE WAUPACA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM
NEAR STRATTON LAKE IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY.

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

DUCED ANY SEVERE
WEATHER THUS FAR TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS AND AREA RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
MARCOTTE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ008-070145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
743 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

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

AT 740 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
WAUPACA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AT THE
PORTAGE COUNTY AND WAUPACA COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY
AFFECT THE CITY OF WAUPACA...ROYALTON...AND NORTHPORT THROUGH 815 PM.
THE WAUPACA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM
NEAR STRATTON LAKE IN SOUTHWEST WAUPACA COUNTY.

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

DUCED ANY SEVERE
WEATHER THUS FAR TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS AND AREA RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
MARCOTTE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:16 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ008-070215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
816 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...

AT 815 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ENTERING WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW LONDON OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT SHIOCTON...BLACK CREEK...
AND SEYMOUR THROUGH 845 PM.

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, Jul 6, 8:16 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ008-070215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
816 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...

AT 815 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ENTERING WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW LONDON OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT SHIOCTON...BLACK CREEK...
AND SEYMOUR THROUGH 845 PM.

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, Jul 6, 8:18 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ008-070215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
816 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...

AT 815 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ENTERING WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW LONDON OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON.  THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT SHIOCTON...BLACK CREEK...
AND SEYMOUR THROUGH 845 PM.

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
Jul 6, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto26 min
Jul 6, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown26 min
Jul 6, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Waupaca31 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.