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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 16, 1995Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Shawano County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1995-05-16Temperature 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 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 162343
SVRGRB
WIC135-115-170045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EXTREME NORTHERN WAUPACA COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAWANO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITY OF SHAWANO BY
710 PM.  LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
ISAACSON/KALLAS/J LAST

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

Local storm report, May 16, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 PM     CARTER                    WI   1 INCH HAIL
05/16/95   FOREST

MG
Local storm report, May 16, 5:46 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
546 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

530 PM     NEAR PENSAUKEE            WI   DIME SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   OCONTO

535 PM     2 NW ALMOND               WI   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   PORTAGE

535 PM     2 S PENSAUKEE             WI   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/16/95   OCONTO                         HAIL COVERED HALF OF GROUND

MG
Local storm report, May 16, 6:19 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
617 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

615 PM     3 W BEAR CREEK            WI   3/4 INCH HAIL
05/16/95   WAUPACA CNTY

KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto21 min
May 16, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau54 min
May 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest30 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto50 min
May 16, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland67 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage19 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca49 min
May 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor37 min
May 16, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage35 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca63 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.