Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1994, 4:19 PM CDT for Brown County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1994, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 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 242121 TORGRB WIC009-242145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 419 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...BROWN COUNTY AT 410 PM...THE GREEN BAY POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. TELEPHONE POLES WERE SNAPPED AND A ROOF HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT GREEN BAY...BELLEVUE AND POLAND. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. SKOWRONSKI &
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, Apr 24, 1:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
WIZ011>013-242010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 110 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FOREST AND MARINETTE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM APPEARED TO BE NEAR CRANDON IN FOREST COUNTY OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RHINDELANDER. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM RHINDLANDER EAST THRU FOREST COUNTY AND INTO MARINETTE COUNTY. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN FOREST AND CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY CAN EXPECTED THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR RHINDELANDER ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. IF YOU ARJE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLH
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WIZ011-019-242050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 145 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 145 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BLOOMVILLE IN EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF RHINELANDER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE INTENSIFYING AND WILL AFFECT LANGLADE AND SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY BY 245 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE SUMMIT LAKE AND MOLE LAKE. THESE STORMS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR A POSSIBLE WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANGLADE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM. JS/PLH
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT, 2 hours before
WIZ021-242015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 215 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY... AT 210 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY NEAR SUMMIT LAKE OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ANTIGO. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY NEAR TOWNSEND AND LAKEWOOD BY 245 PM. RWHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
WIZ013-031-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 255 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING MARINETTE AND SHAWANO COUNTIES... AT 255 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND NORTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THEY WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF WAUSAUKEE AND CRIVITZ IN MARINETTE COUNTY...AND MATTOON IN SHAWANO COUNTY...BY 315 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
WIZ021-031-038-039-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 355 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 355 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY NEAR ABRAMS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER CENTRAL OUTAGAMIE COUNTY NEAR STEPHENSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE GREEN BAY METROPOLITAN AREA...AND THE FOX CITIES BY 445 PM. 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. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
WIZ022-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 416 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING DOOR COUNTY... AT 410 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING DOOR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS OVER THE BAY OF GREEN BAY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF STURGEON BAY...AND WILL AFFECT STURGEON BAY BY 430 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN AN OPEN FIELD...STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS SUCH AS LONE TREES. SKOWRONSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Oconto | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Juneau | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Marquette | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano, Waupaca | 47 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.