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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 8, 1993Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 090108
TORMSN
WIC025-045-090215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...DANE COUNTY...NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 810 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW
GLARUS OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE
IN GREEN COUNTY...NEW GLARUS...DAYTON
IN DANE COUNTY...BELLEVILLE...OREGON...FITCHBURG...MADISON
 
 
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 CUSHIONSN 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 8, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara60 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBJuneau, Sauk47 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarquette, Waushara52 min
Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Calumet, Outagamie64 min
Jun 8, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBColumbia67 min
Jun 8, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago21 min
Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBGreen Lake56 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.