Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 11 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 6, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green Lake County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Berlin, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 070054 COR TORMSN WIC047-070100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ...CORRECTION... TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 749 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...GREEN LAKE COUNTY AT 745 PM CDT A SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF BERLIN OR 20 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE BERLIN. . 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. PIERCE &
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 6, 4:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
500 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994
ATTN SELS...
WEATHER EVENTS OF JULY 5 1994 /LATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTS/
TIME COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
1000 AM CDT CALUMET CHILTON AREA MARBLE AND BASEBALL
/18 E OSH/ SIZE HAIL. MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE
l REPORTED.
ISAACSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 7:00 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-503-070105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 700 PM CDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT SOUTH OF GREEN BAY... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DOOR PENINSULA...THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...AND LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF WASHINGTON ISLAND. AT 655 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO JUST NORTH OF MILWAUKEE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE... THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH OSHKOSH AROUND 8 PM... APPLETON BY 830 PM...THEN GREEN BAY AND MANITOWOC AROUND 9 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. JUSKIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane, Green, Rock | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane, Iowa | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 69 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994
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.