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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 14, 1995Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 5:04 PM CDT for Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 6:35 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Oneida County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3957 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 142204 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC085-142335-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...ONEIDA COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM...RADAR IN GREEN BAY SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM PARK FALLS TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER.
DAMAGING WINDS AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE LAKE TOMAHAWK AND WOODRUFF
AND RHINELANDER.
 
IF YOU ARE 2IN 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 52 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 34 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, 52 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, 51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette46 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette32 min
Jul 14, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas64 min
Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBVilas33 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas62 min
Jul 14, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest61 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida63 min
Jul 14, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence62 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.