Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1994, 2:26 PM CDT for Dane County, Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dane County, WI, Iowa County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 071926 TORMSN WIC025-049-072030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 226 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...DANE COUNTY...IOWA COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT DANE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AT MAZOMANIE OR 25 MILES WEST OF MADISON AND AT WEST TOWNE MALL ON THE WEST SIDE OF MADISON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADOES ARE IN DANE COUNTY...BLACK EARTH...MADISON...MARXVILLE...SUN PRAIRIE IN IOWA COUNTY...JONESDALE...HOLLANDALE...BARNEVELD 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
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
WIZ031-038-039-048-049-071915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 115 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OUTAGAMIE...WINNEBAGO AND WAUPACA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE 40 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE NEW LONDON AND SHIOCTON IN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY AND OSHKOSH IN WINNEBAGO BY ABOUT 120 PM CDT. TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PRODUCE MORE FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. PLH
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:45 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-071945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 145 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR BROWN... OUTAGAMIE...WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES... AT 137 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH OUTAGAMIE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO AND INTO BROWN AND CALUMET COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE STANDING~ WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-072020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 220 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CALUMET COUNTY AND INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY... AT 215 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING FROM CALUMET COUNTY INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE TOWNS OF KELLNERSVILLE...VALDERS AND KIEL BY 315 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN...OUTAGAMIE... WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-048>050-072020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 220 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CALUMET COUNTY AND INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY... AT 215 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING FROM CALUMET COUNTY INTO MANITOWOC COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE TOWNS OF KELLNERSVILLE...VALDERS AND KIEL BY 315 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN...OUTAGAMIE... WINNEBAGO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOEDE
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, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 11 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, 2:51 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
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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.