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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 14, 1995Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 4:51 PM CDT for Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 1995, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1995, 5:55 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Vilas County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Phelps, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 142151 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC125-142255-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
451 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 555 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...VILAS COUNTY
 
AT 450...DOPPLER RADAR IN GREEN BAY INDICATED A SEVERRE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BOULDER JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRONWOOD
MICHIGAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS
OF LAND O LAKES AND CONOVER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY.  REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES...SO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAVISH/BRUSKY

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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-150000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1115 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...NO RELIEF THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE EXTREME HEAT...

A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO TAKE HOLD
OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WEATHER.  THIS AFTERNOON'S FORECAST
OF NEAR 100 DEGREES COMBINED WITH THE OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY WILL PUSH
THE HEAT INDEX VALUE TO NEAR 115.  THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF HOW
HOT IT ACTUALLY FEELS ON THE BODY.

THE ONLY RELIEF FROM THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE
AT THE BEACHES...WHERE A COOLER BREEZE OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 80S.

EXPOSURE TO THE SUN...HEAT...AND HIGH HUMIDITY CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO
HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  POSTPONE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...IF POSSIBLE...UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.

SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

J LAST

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-050-503-142235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1130 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO APPLETON TO THE MANITOWOC/KEWAUNEE COUNTY LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON
MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THESE
STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ADVISORY. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND FORECASTS.

ISAACSON

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
412 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

405 PM     ATHELSTANE                WI   GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED
07/14/95   MARINETTE                      HAIL AT COUNTY HIGHWAYS
                                          C AND E.

ISAACSON

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
412 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

405 PM B    ATHELSTANE                WI   GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED
07/14/95   MARINETTE                      HAIL AT COUNTY HIGHWAYS
                                          C AND E.

ISAACSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	46 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	32 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida	91 min
Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Vilas	33 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Vilas	62 min
Jul 14, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest	61 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida	63 min
Jul 14, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.