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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 19, 1993Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dane County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 389 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 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 192345
TORMSN
WIC025-200045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...DANE COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ALBION OR 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHERN ROCK
COUNTY BY THE ROCK COUNTY SHERIFF.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE ALBION...STOUGHTON...UTICA
...ROCKDALE...OREGON...FITCHBURG...MCFARLAND...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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
PIERCE
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen, Rock62 min
Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBIowa57 min
Jun 19, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBGreen6 hr
Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBGreen, Rock58 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.