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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 14, 1995Florence County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 6:58 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Florence County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 142358 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC037-150100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...FLORENCE COUNTY
 
AT 655...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF
FLORENCE. FLORENCE SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER  LINES DOWN NORTH
OF FLORENCE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE SPREAD EAGLE AND AURORA.
 
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.

BRUSKY/STAVISH
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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, Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 45 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
Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:35 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
635 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

E523 PM    PHELPS                    WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

E523 PM    LAND-O-LAKES              WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

E523 PM    SAYNER                    WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

ISAACSON
Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
635 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

E523 PM    PHELPS                    WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

E523 PM    LAND-O-LAKES              WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

E523 PM    SAYNER                    WI   STORM WINDS BLEW TREES DOWN
07/14/95   VILAS

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, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida91 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

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.