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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 7, 1993Columbia County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 9:20 PM CDT for Columbia County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 1993, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 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 00:00Z, 2.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 080220
TORMSN
WIC021-047-077-080300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
920 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO AT PORTAGE OR 30 MILES NORTH OF
MADISON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILE
AN HOUR.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE PORTAGE AND PARDEEVILLE.
 
 
 
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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
PIERCE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Green Lake, Marquette	42 min
Jun 8, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Dane	48 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Columbia	51 min
Jun 8, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Adams, Juneau	44 min
Jun 8, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	48 min
Jun 8, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Winnebago	52 min
Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	32 min
Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waupaca	47 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Adams, Marquette	46 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Sauk	46 min
Jun 8, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marquette	32 min
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Green Lake	45 min
Jun 8, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Waushara	55 min
Jun 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Adams, Sauk	65 min
Jun 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marquette	65 min
Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Waushara	65 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Winnebago	44 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.