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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 31, 1995Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 1:19 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1995, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1995, 1:56 PM CDT
In force
37 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 12:00Z, 6.3 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
2380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 311822 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC073-311920-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
119 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...EASTERN MARATHON COUNTY
 
A 120 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WAUSAU...KELLY AND SUNSET.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND
HAIL THAT IS DIME-SIZED OR LARGER.  GO TO A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MOEDE

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 31, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1150 AM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND MOST
OF EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY AREA IS
ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEVENS POINT TO STURGEON BAY. THIS AREA
INCLUDES THE EAA CONVENTION GROUNDS IN OSHKOSH.

VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS WILL WARM INTO THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL ONCE AGAIN DRIVE HEAT INDICIES INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE.

ELDERLY PERSONS...THOSE TAKING MEDICATION...AND PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY
DIFFICULTIES ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TODAY. EVEN
PERSONS IN GOOD HEALTH SHOULD AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY...AND
DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS IF OUTDOORS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL
BRING COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND WILL ALSO TRIGGER
SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME QUITE STRONG...WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

KIECKBUSCH
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1150 AM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND MOST
OF EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY AREA IS
ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEVENS POINT TO STURGEON BAY. THIS AREA
INCLUDES THE EAA CONVENTION GROUNDS IN OSHKOSH.

VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS WILL WARM INTO THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL ONCE AGAIN DRIVE HEAT INDICIES INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE.

ELDERLY PERSONS...THOSE TAKING MEDICATION...AND PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY
DIFFICULTIES ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TODAY. EVEN
PERSONS IN GOOD HEALTH SHOULD AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY...AND
DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS IF OUTDOORS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL
BRING COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND WILL ALSO TRIGGER
SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME QUITE STxRONG...WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest58 min
Jul 31, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau68 min
Jul 31, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette32 min
Jul 31, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland51 min
Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto18 min
Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette48 min
Jul 31, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara45 min
Jul 31, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Shawano53 min
Jul 31, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon49 min
Jul 31, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Winnebago39 min
Jul 31, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto55 min
Jul 31, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Shawano40 min
Jul 31, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette41 min
Jul 31, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor29 min
Jul 31, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca, Waushara53 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.