Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1994, 5:47 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dane County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Oregon, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 042251 TORMSN WIC025-042330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 547 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...DANE COUNTY SPOTTERS REPORT A VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN FROM A STORM LOCATED BETWEEN FITCHBURG AND OREGON OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE FUNNEL CLOUD RETREATED BACK INTO THE STORM BUT MAY EMERGE AGAIN AS A TORNADO. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE UTICA..MCFARLAND..CAMBIDGE AND DEERFIELD AND SOUTHEAST MADISON. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. MEM
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, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 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, 57 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, 56 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, 53 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, 5:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
WIZ037>039-049-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 525 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 520 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STEVENS POINT TO NEAR DENMARK OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST STORMS INCLUDE WAUPACA...NEW LONDON...AND WEYAUWEGA. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...STAY AWAY FROM PLUMBING FIXTURES...APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE. SKOWRONSKI WWUS35KCHI .;
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:26 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
WIZ037>039-049-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 525 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 520 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STEVENS POINT TO NEAR DENMARK OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST STORMS INCLUDE WAUPACA...NEW LONDON...AND WEYAUWEGA. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...STAY AWAY FROM PLUMBING FIXTURES...APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONEl. 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, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 36 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.