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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 24, 1994Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1994, 4:26 PM CDT for Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1994, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1994, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Kewaunee County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1994-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1994-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 242128
TORGRB
WIC061-242200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
426 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...KEWAUNEE COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS OVER EASTERN
BROWN COUNTY NEAR POLAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF GREEN BAY. IT WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LUXEMBURG...CASCO...AND
ALASKA BY 500 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SP*OT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
SKOWRONSKI
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade48 min
Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto52 min
Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade37 min
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette53 min
Apr 24, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown26 min
Apr 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau47 min
Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBJuneau47 min
Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBAdams27 min
Apr 24, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Marquette59 min
Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca47 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.