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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 24, 1989Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 6:54 PM CDT for Marquette County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports 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
May 24, 1989, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1989, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marquette 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 7:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Waushara, WI
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Waushara, WI
May 24, 7:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Waushara, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1989-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1989-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia30 min
May 24, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBJuneau48 min
May 24, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams44 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.