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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 13, 1990Florence County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1990, 11:46 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 1990, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Florence 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 1990-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 811 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 00:00Z on 1990-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
811 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 140446
SVRGRB
WIC037-140545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1146 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN
      FLORENCE

AT 1140 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
IN NORTHWEST FOREST COUNTY EXTENDING INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. IT IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT ,TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BB/14/0440Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade66 min
Sep 14, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto68 min
Sep 14, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette68 min
Sep 14, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.