Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 6:17 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 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 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 032318 TORMSN WIC021-032345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 617 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING. AT 610 PM CDT HAM RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF FALL RIVER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILE AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE DOYLESTOWN AND COLUMBUS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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, Jul 3, 5:18 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
WIZ008-032315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 518 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 515 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL PORTAGE COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAUPACA COUNTY BY 545 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OGDENSBURG... WAUPACA...AND RURAL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:19 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
WIZ008-032315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 518 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WAUPACA COUNTY... AT 515 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL PORTAGE COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAUPACA COUNTY BY 545 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OGDENSBURG... WAUPACA...AND RURAL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHER2E STANDING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:37 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ012-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 537 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 535 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STEVENS POINT TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDGRANITE IN WAUSHARA COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING WESTERN PORTIONS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY BY 545 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WINNECONNE...OMRO...AND WAUKAU. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:39 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
WIZ012-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 537 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 535 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STEVENS POINT TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDGRANITE IN WAUSHARA COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING WESTERN PORTIONS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY BY 545 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WINNECONNE...OMRO...AND WAUKAU. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DO NOTf DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
WIZ008-012-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 607 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND CALUMET COUNTY... AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF STEVENS POINT TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND CALUMET COUNTY BY 615 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NEW LONDON...APPLETON...AND CHILTON. 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, Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
WIZ008-012-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 607 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND CALUMET COUNTY... AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF STEVENS POINT TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND CALUMET COUNTY BY 615 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NEW LONDON...APPLETON...AND CHILTON. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Waushara | 71 min |
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 4 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.