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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 14, 1995Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Marathon County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4426 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
4426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 150158 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC073-150300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...NORTHWESTERN MARATHON COUNTY
 
AT 854 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN GREEN BAY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST EAST OF OWEN IN CLARK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ATHENS...ABBOTSFORD AND
MILAN.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF OWEN IN EASTERN CLARK
COUNTY AT 845 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THISl 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

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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
Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
700 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

646 PM     EAGLE RIVER               WI   LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES
07/14/95   VILAS                          DOWNED BY STORM WINDS

643 PM     FLORENCE                  WI   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
07/14/95   FLORENCE                       BY STORM WINDS

ISAACSON
Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:25 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
825 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

E645 PM    EAGLE RIVER               WI   GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
07/14/95   VILAS

E645 PM    CONOVER                   WI   NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
07/14/95   FLORENCE                       DOWNED BY STORM WINDS

717 PM     RHINELANDER               WI   POWER LINES DOWNED BY STORM
07/14/95   ONEIDA                         WINDS

E528 PM    6N ARBOR VITAE            WI   UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF
07/14/95   VILAS                          A TORNADO

ISAACSON
Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:29 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
825 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

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

E645 PM    EAGLE RIVER               WI   GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
07/14/95   VILAS

E645 PM    CONOVER                   WI   NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
07/14/95   FLORENCE                       DOWNED BY STORM WINDS

717 PM     RHINELANDER               WI   POWER LINES DOWNED BY STORM
07/14/95   ONEIDA                         WINDS

E528 PM    6N ARBOR VITAE            WI   UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF
07/14/95   VILAS                          A TORNADO

ISAACSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln61 min
Jul 14, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette61 min
Jul 14, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest64 min
Jul 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida62 min
Jul 14, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence31 min
Jul 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln61 min
Jul 14, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette62 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas47 min
Jul 14, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette62 min
Jul 14, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood63 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto60 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade45 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee39 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Oconto59 min
Jul 14, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee38 min

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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.