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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1994, 11:57 PM CDT for Columbia County, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 280459 TORMSN WIC021-047-280530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1157 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...GREEN LAKE COUNTY AT 1150 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF DALTON...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. ALSO A FUNNEL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE CITY OF GREEN LAKE..OR 25 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE: IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY..DALTON..MANCHESTER..GREEN LAKE. IN COLUBIA COUNTY...FRIESLAND..RANDOLPH..CAMBRIA. 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.
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, Aug 27, 11:12 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
WIZ020>022-031-037>040-048>050-280515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1112 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1100 PM A WIND GUST OF 54 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GREEN BAY. STRONG WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE A RESULT OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:14 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
WIZ020>022-031-037>040-048>050-280515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1112 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1100 PM A WIND GUST OF 54 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GREEN BAY. STRONG WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE A RESULT OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
WIZ048-049-280525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1122 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...POWERFUL STORMS MOVING THROUGH WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 1115 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO. THE TOWNS OF PICKETT AND VAN DYNE CAN EXPECTED TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND BOATERS ON SOUTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:25 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ048-049-280525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1122 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...POWERFUL STORMS MOVING THROUGH WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 1115 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO. THE TOWNS OF PICKETT AND VAN DYNE CAN EXPECTED TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST2 WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND BOATERS ON SOUTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY. MOEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:48 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
WIZ049-050-503-280550- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1148 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CALUMET AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES... AT 1145 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NEW HOLSTEIN...40 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN BAY...AND ALSO OVER CLEVELAND...12 MILES SOUTH OF MANITOWOC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF KIEL...SCHOOL HILL AND CLEVELAND THROUGH 1215 AM...AND THEN MOVE OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THEIR PASSAGE.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 11:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
WIZ049-050-503-280550- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1148 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CALUMET AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES... AT 1145 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NEW HOLSTEIN...40 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN BAY...AND ALSO OVER CLEVELAND...12 MILES SOUTH OF MANITOWOC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF KIEL...SCHOOL HILL AND CLEVELAND THROUGH 1215 AM...AND THEN MOVE OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THEIR PASSAGE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams | 22 min |
| Aug 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams, Juneau | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 68 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.