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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 25, 1994Adams County, Juneau County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 5:50 PM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1994, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1994-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 1994-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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 252251 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC001-057-111-252345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
550 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...JUNEAU COUNTY...SAUK COUNTY
 
AT 545PM CDT REPORTS OF WINDS UP TO 60 MPH IN A THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH
OF MAUSTON...OR ABOUT 48 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST 30 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...LYNDON STATION...WISCONSIN
DELLS-LAKE DELTON...BIG SPRING...AND BARABOO.
 
IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE INDOOR SHELTER.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORvMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
STIMACH
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
WIZ013-252005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
200 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 155 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST EAST OF PEMBINE OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN
MICHIGAN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
LIKELY AFFECT EXTREME EASTERN MARINETTE COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM.  SOME
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PEMBINE...AMBERG...WAUSAUKEE
AND MCALLISTER.

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, Jun 25, 2:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
WIZ013-252005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
200 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 155 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST EAST OF PEMBINE OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN
MICHIGAN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
LIKELY AFFECT EXTREME EASTERN MARINETTE COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM.  SOME
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PEMBINE...AMBERG...WAUSAUKEE
AND MCALLISTER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  6IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
WIZ013-021-252105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 3 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST-CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY NEAR WAUSAUKEE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MARINETTE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
WAUSAUKEE...CRIVITZ...LOOMIS AND BEAVER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.  ONCE INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

JUSKIE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
WIZ013-021-252105-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 3 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST-CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY NEAR WAUSAUKEE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MARINETTE.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
WAUSAUKEE...CRIVITZ...LOOMIS AND BEAVER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia61 min
Jun 25, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia, Dane, Sauk61 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.