Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 4:25 PM CDT for Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1994, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waupaca County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KGRB 192128 RRA SVRGRB WIC135-115-192230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 425 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY AT 420 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF WITTENBERG...WHICH IS 50 MILES NORTHEST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL PUSH ACROSS WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY AND WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF TIGERTON...NORTHLAND...AND BIG FALLS WILL BE AFFECTED BY 500 PM. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR WAUPACA COUNTY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. JS/DC/EB
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, Aug 19, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
WIZ019-192040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 238 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY... AT 235 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF MERRILL OR 30 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF ANTIGO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY BY 3 PM AND BE NEAR ANTIGO BY 330 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS REACH YOUR LOCATION. WWUS35KTLH .U
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
WIZ019-192040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 238 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY... AT 235 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF MERRILL OR 30 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF ANTIGO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY BY 3 PM AND BE NEAR ANTIGO BY 330 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS REACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:01 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
WIZ031-192205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 401 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY... AT 355 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARATHON COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY BY 415 PM. PEOPLE IN WESTERN SHAWANO AND NORTHERN WAUPACA COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MATTOON...BIRNAMWOOD AND BOWLER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:02 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
WIZ031-192205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 401 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY... AT 355 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARATHON COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY BY 415 PM. PEOPLE IN WESTERN SHAWANO AND NORTHERN WAUPACA COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MATTOON...BIRNAMWOOD AND BOWLER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:15 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-503-192300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
415 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994
...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL-WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 800
PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE GREEN BAY METROPOLITAN AREA...AND
POINTS TO THE SOUTH.
AT 410 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR IRON
MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN...SOUTHWEST...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...TAKE A
PORTABLE RADIO WITH YOU AND MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WILL PERSIST
THROUGH 600 PM.
SKOWRONSKI
TO 36 HR POSIT* 310 DEG/ 07 KTS
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36 HRS* VALID AT*
210600Z9 --- 24.8N4 121.7E1
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 120 KT* GUSTS 145 KT
RADIUS OF 100 KT WINDS - 020 NM OVER WATER
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 070 NM OVER WATER
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 180 NM OVER WATER
VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT* 300 DEG/ 08 KTS
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EXTENDED OUTLOOK*
48 HRS* VALID AT*
211800Z2 --- 25.7N4 120.2E5
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 105 KT* GUSTS 130 KT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM OVER WATER
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM OVER WATER
VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT* 290 DEG/ 09 KTS
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72 HRS* VALID AT*
221800Z3 --- 27.1N0 116.5E3
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT* GUSTS 065 KT
DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 075 NM OVER WATER
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REMARKS*
192100Z3 POSITION 22.6N0 125.0E8
SUPER TYPHOON FRED HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND MAINTAINED
PREVIOUS INTENSITY OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. FRED IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ON A WEST-NORTHWEST HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN TAIWAN. WE
EXPECT TO SEE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS FRED APPROACHES
TAIWAN AND THE CHINESE MAINLAND. NEXT WARNINGS AT 200300Z5 (DTG
200153Z1)* 200900Z1 (DTG 200753Z7)* 201500Z8 (DTG 201353Z4) AND
202100Z5 (DTG 201953Z0).Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-503-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 415 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL-WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE GREEN BAY METROPOLITAN AREA...AND POINTS TO THE SOUTH. AT 410 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN...SOUTHWEST...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...TAKE A PORTABLE RADIO WITH YOU AND MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WILL PERSIST THROUGH 600 PM. SKOWRONSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Rock | 68 min |
| Aug 19, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa, Richland, Sauk | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Rock | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green, Rock | 74 min |
| Aug 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Outagamie, Waupaca | 50 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.