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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 18, 1996Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1996, 6:19 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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 18, 1996, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1996, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Green Lake County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 6:29 PM CDTHail 0.75Green Lake, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1996-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 182320
TORMKE
WIC047-182350-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
619 PM CDT THU JUL 18 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY

 
AT 614 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR 30 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH OR 6 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 PRINCETON                BY 624 PM CDT
 BERLIN AT                BY 628 PM CDT
A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOBUD.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

EISE/HENTZ/MEADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen5 hr
Jul 18, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette46 min
Jul 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.