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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 28, 1995Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 3:28 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1995-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 1995-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 
TTAA00 KGRB 280828 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC069-085-280930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
328 AM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
   ...ONEIDA COUNTY
 
AT 324 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
WEST OF RHINELANDER. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF TRIPOLI AND TOMAHAWK BY 4 AM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
IF OUTDOORS...GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

RS/TK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon77 min
Aug 28, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln46 min
Aug 28, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano49 min
Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon32 min
Aug 28, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago32 min
Aug 28, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBJuneau47 min
Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.