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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 14, 1995Marathon County, Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT for Marathon County, Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1995, 10:55 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 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 150251 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC073-097-141-150355-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...SOUTHEASTERN MARATHON COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY
   ...WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 944 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD TO 10 MILES EAST OF WAUSAU MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO 3/4 OF AN
INCH IN DIAMETER.

TOWNS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AND
STEVENS POINT.
 
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 CONDITIONS6.

BRUSKY/STAVISH

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, 5 hours 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 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, 3 hours 17 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, 3 hours 13 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, 2 hours 52 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, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 23 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln	61 min
Jul 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	61 min
Jul 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest	64 min
Jul 14, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida	62 min
Jul 14, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	31 min
Jul 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Lincoln	61 min
Jul 14, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	62 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Vilas	47 min
Jul 14, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	62 min
Jul 14, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	62 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Menominee, Oconto	60 min
Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade	45 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Menominee	39 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette, Oconto	59 min
Jul 14, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown, Door, Kewaunee	38 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.