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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 13, 1995Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 9:04 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.6
Supercell composite
-2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 140206
SVRMSN
WIC103-140230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
904 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 8595PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH..NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...OR 52 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST...NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE...ITHACA AND LOYD.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams39 min
May 13, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland37 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.