Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1994, 5:46 PM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Manitowoc County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 052246 TORGRB WIC071-052315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 546 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ...EASTERN MANITOWOC COUNTY AT 540 PM...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNELS CLOUDS WERE REPORTED IN EASTERN MANITOWOC COUNTY 1 MILE NORTH OF THE CITY OF TWO RIVERS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD BE OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY 615 PM. 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. ISAACSON &
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
Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
130 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994
ATTN SELS...
WEATHER EVENTS OF JULY 5 1994
TIME COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
1032 AM CDT MANITOWOC ST. NAZIANZ SHERIFF REPORT OF 3/4
INCH HAIL
JJ/MM/BBLocal storm report, Jul 5, 1:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
130 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994
ATTN SELS...
WEATHER EVENTS OF JULY 5 1994
TIME COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
1032 AM CDT MANITOWOC ST. NAZIANZ SHERIFF REPORT OF 3/4
INCH HAIL
JJ/MM/BBSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WIZ039-040-503-052240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 440 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN BAY NEAR DENMARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF STANGELVILLE AND KEWAUNEE BY 530 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. BOATERS ON THE LAKESHORE IN AND AROUND KEWAUNEE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THIS STORM ARRIVES. ISAACSON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
WIZ039-040-503-052240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 440 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN BAY NEAR DENMARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF STANGELVILLE AND KEWAUNEE BY 530 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. BOATERS ON THE LAKESHORE IN AND AROUND KEWAUNEE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THIS STORM ARRIVES. ISAACSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet, Manitowoc | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Kewaunee, Manitowoc | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.