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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 11, 1994Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 4:57 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1994, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Juneau County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1994-07-11Temperature 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 1994-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMSN 112200 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC057-112300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
457 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...JUNEAU COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAMP DOUGLAS OR 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HUSTLER...NEW
LISBON...BUCHHORN STATE PARK...CUTLER AND NECEDAH.
 
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.
 
MARIEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland62 min
Jul 11, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Sauk66 min
Jul 11, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBColumbia, Marquette82 min
Jul 11, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDane53 min

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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.