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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 26, 1993Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Green County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 KMKE 262300
TORMSN
WIC045-262330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
600 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM...THE GREEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
SKIPPING ALONG GROUND BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF ARGYLE AND WOODFORD IN
EXTREME EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR INTO GREEN COUNTY.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE JORDON CENTER AND BROWNTOWN.
 
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.
 
 
J LAST
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBIowa46 min
Jun 26, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen42 min
Jun 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRock56 min
Jun 26, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRock26 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.