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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 17, 1988Waupaca County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT for Waupaca County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1988, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Waupaca County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 17, 1:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
125 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH
   OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARINETTE NORTH HALF
OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY EXPIRES...

AT 120 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THAT THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
THAT HAD MOVED ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES HAVE MOVED OVER LAKE
MICHIGAN AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THE AREA.

HOWEVER RADAR INDICATED NEW STORMS WERE FORMING OVER PARTS OF MARINETTE
OCONTO AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME..PERSONS IN
PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
BRUSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
215 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH
   OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 215 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE EASTERN PART OF THE LINE WAS OVER LAKE
MICHIGAN AND EXTENDED WEST THROUGH THE DOOR PENINSULA THEN OVER THE
BAY OF GREEN BAY AND THEN INTO NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY
AND SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY THEN WEST THROUGH MENOMINEE
COUNTY AND THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE HARBOR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
BB
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
300 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM CDT FOR MUCH
   OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 300 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE IN THE LAST
HOUR. IT STILL EXTENDED FROM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ON THE EAST TO SOUTHERN
LANGLADE COUNTY ON THE WEST. IT WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DOOR
COUNTY...OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...OVER CENTRAL
OCONTO COUNTY...OVER MOST OF MENOMINEE COUNTY AND THEN OVER SOUTHERN
LANGLADE COUNTY. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST
HOUR OVER SHAWANO COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH WHILE THE LINE ITSELF WAS SPREADING SLOWLY SOUTH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL!
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE HARBOR.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
415 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR MUCH
   OF EASTCENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 410 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE HAS MOVED VERY SLOW TO THE SOUTHEAST.
THE LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY THRU MUCH OF MENOMINEE
COUNTY AND NORTHERN SHAWANO COUNTY..OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OCONTO
COUNTY..OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAY..TO SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

AT 405 PM CDT A HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE CITY OF SHAWANO REPORTED HEAVY
RAINS..PEA SIZE HAIL..AND INTENSE FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

AT 410 PM CDT BONDUEL REPORTED HEA-VY RAINS AND ALSO FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS.
HELMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia, Dane46 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.