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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 15, 1988Adams County, Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1988, 11:04 PM CDT for Adams County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1988, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1988, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Waushara County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 337 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1988-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1990 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1988-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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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.