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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 3, 1993Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT for Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1993-07-03Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 032204 COR
TORMSN
WIC021-111-032300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
500 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...SAUK COUNTY

AT 455 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LA VALLE OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE
IN SAUK COUNTY...REEDSBURG...WISCONSIN DELLS...BARABOO
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY...PORTAGE...PARDEEVILLE


DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.


PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia49 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Waushara71 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBGreen Lake, Marquette53 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago39 min
Jul 3, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia35 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBColumbia28 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBColumbia, Sauk4 hr

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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.