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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 16, 1995Oconto County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT for Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Oconto County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 623 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
623 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 170030
SVRGRB
WIC083-170115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
730 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO OCONTO COUNTY...
 
AT 725 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS LOCATED 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF OCONTO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM AS IT CROSSED SHAWANO COUNTY.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SAMPSON...ABRAMS AND PENSAUKEE.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  IF YOU ARE
OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER.  IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 11 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
Local storm report, May 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

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

644 PM     BIG FALLS                 WI   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   WAUPACA CNTY

J LAST
Local storm report, May 16, 6:50 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
650 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

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

650 PM 2    MARION                    WI   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   WAUPACA CNTY                   VERY STRONG WINDS

J LAST
Local storm report, May 16, 7:04 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
704 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

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

703 PM ~    1 SW SHAWANO              WI   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/16/95   SHAWANO

MG
Local storm report, May 16, 7:07 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
707 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

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

700 PM     EMBARRASS                 WI   DIME SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   EXTREME N WAUPACA

MG

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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.