Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 9:08 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 090209 RRA TORMSN WIC021-090315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 908 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 910 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS IN DANE COUNTY WHICH SPAWNED TORNADOES NEAR SUN PRAIRIE OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT ARE MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADOES ARE LODI...ARLINGTON...COLUMBUS ...POYNETTE...PORTAGE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. hGET 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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. PIERCE &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 8, 8:18 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
WIZ008-090215- SPEEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 818 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 815 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF OGDENSBERG OR AB 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING MANAWA AND CLINTONVILLE THROUGH 845 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. IF YOARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
WIZ008-090215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 818 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 815 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF OGDENSBERG OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING MANAWA AND CLINTONVILLE THROUGH 845 PM.z 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 8, 8:38 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
WIZ008-090245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 838 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY... AT 835 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY NEAR THE BEAR CREEK AREA OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING NAVARINO...BRIARTON...AND BONDUEL THROUGH 915 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. JUSKIE WWUS35 ,?WWUS35 KP 090142T
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:38 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
WIZ008-090245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 838 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY... AT 835 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY NEAR THE BEAR CREEK AREA OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING NAVARINO...BRIARTON...AND BONDUEL THROUGH 915 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. JUSKIE WWUS35 ,?WWUS35 KP 090142T
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
WIZ009-013-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 900 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KEWAUNEE COUNTY AND MANITOWOC COUNTY... AT 855 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY TO 30 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF MANITOWOC. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE MOVING INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY AND KEWAUNEE COUNTY BY 915 PM...AND SHOULD REACH THE LAKESHORE BY 945 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. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN ARE URGED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT ONCE. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
WIZ009-013-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 900 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KEWAUNEE COUNTY AND MANITOWOC COUNTY... AT 855 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY TO 30 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF MANITOWOC. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE MOVING INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY AND KEWAUNEE COUNTY BY 915 PM...AND SHOULD REACH THE LAKESHORE BY 945 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. BOATERS ON LAKE MICHIGAN ARE URGED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT ONCE. JUSKIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Juneau, Sauk | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane, Green | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marquette, Waushara | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Outagamie | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 56 min |
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.