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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 8, 1993Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 3:14 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1993, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1993-06-08Temperature 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°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 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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 082014
TORMKE
WIC097-141-082100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
314 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 310 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
MOVING JUST SOUTH OF NEKOOSA IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE HEADED
INTO SOUTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY SHORTLY.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE
KELLNER...BANCROFT AND PLOVER.  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST
SOUTH OF NEKOOSA AT 312 PM.
 
ANOTHER STRONG STORM OVER NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY NEAR JORDAN...ABOUT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STEVENS POINT.
 
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.
 
DAVIS
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth45 min
Jun 8, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge51 min
Jun 8, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood47 min
Jun 8, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXPortage, Wood27 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon42 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXPortage45 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood19 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXPortage62 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood55 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon, Portage56 min
Jun 8, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac30 min
Jun 8, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood28 min
Jun 8, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWood43 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.