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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 31, 1995Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 3:09 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 1995, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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-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: 1663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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 
WUUS1 KMSN 312011 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC103-312100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
309 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RICHLAND CENTER...OR 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
 
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE:
FIVE POINTS...BOAZ...RICHLAND CENTER...GILLINGHAM AND HUB CITY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 3 hours 19 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, 3 hours 16 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

Local storm report, Jul 31, 2:55 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
255 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

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

215 PM     LAONA AND BLACKWELL       WI  18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
07/31/95   FOREST                        ON POWER LINES IN LAONA.
                                         ALSO TREE DOWN ON POWER
                                         LINES NEAR BLACKWELL.

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Jul 31, 2:59 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
255 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

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

215 PM     LAONA AND BLACKWELL       WI  18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
07/31/95   FOREST                        ON POWER LINES IN LAONA.
                                         ALSO TREE DOWN ON POWER
                                         LINES NEAR BLACKdWELL.

KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	37 min
Jul 31, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest	58 min
Jul 31, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Adams, Juneau	68 min
Jul 31, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	32 min
Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oconto	18 min
Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	48 min
Jul 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	45 min
Jul 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Menominee, Shawano	53 min
Jul 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	49 min
Jul 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Winnebago	39 min
Jul 31, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oconto	55 min
Jul 31, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Menominee, Shawano	40 min
Jul 31, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	41 min
Jul 31, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Door	29 min
Jul 31, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waupaca, Waushara	53 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.