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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 13, 1995Adams County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 8:06 PM CDT for Adams County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1995-05-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 407 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
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 140108
SVRMSN
WIC001-140145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
806 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 759PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR MONROE CENTER IN
NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY...21 MILES SOUTH..SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 50 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE...BIG FLATS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
STIMACH
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland37 min
May 13, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland26 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.