Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waushara County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 042225 TORMSN WIC137-042300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 522 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...WAUSHARA COUNTY AT 521 PM CDT A FIREMAN REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN EASTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY NEAR AURORAVILLE..21 MILES W OF OSHKOSH. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF BORTH..POY SIPPI AND TUSTIN SHOULD SEEK COVER NOW! MC MAHON
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 4, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WIZ049-050-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 420 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 415 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL PUSH ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALUMET COUNTY AND INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY BY 500 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NEW HOLSTEIN...KEIL...SCHOOL HILL..AND CLEVELAND. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
WIZ048-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 425 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD OSHKOSH... AT 420 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY NEAR PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 500 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, Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
WIZ048-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 425 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD OSHKOSH... AT 420 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY NEAR PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 500 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, Jul 4, 4:50 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ037>039-048>050-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 450 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 445 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR RED GRANITE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH TO NEAR KEIL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MANITOWOC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 500 PM...AND THE APPLETON AREA BY 520 PM. IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL AFFECT THE GREEN BAY AREA BY 545 PM. THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH THESE STORMS AT 440 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:51 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
WIZ037>039-048>050-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 450 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 445 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR RED GRANITE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH TO NEAR KEIL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MANITOWOC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 500 PM...AND THE APPLETON AREA BY 520 PM. I THEY HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL AFFECT THE GREEN BAY AREA BY 545 PM. THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH THESE STORMS AT 440 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:54 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
WIZ037>039-048>050-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 450 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 445 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR RED GRANITE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH TO NEAR KEIL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MANITOWOC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE OSHKOSH AREA BY 500 PM...AND THE APPLETON AREA BY 520 PM. IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL AFFECT THE GREEN BAY AREA BY 545 PM. THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH THESE STORMS AT 440 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. SKOWRONSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane, Green | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane, Green | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane | 17 min |
| Jul 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane | 43 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.