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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 31, 1995Outagamie County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 4:49 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 1995, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 1995, 5:28 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Outagamie County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 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 312151 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC139-087-312245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
449 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NICHOLS TO WINNECONNE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO APPLETON AND NEENAH/MENASHA BY 515 PM.
 
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN WINCHESTER...IN NORTHWEST WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
 
THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE OSHKOSH AT THIS TIME.
 
IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...
LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  MOVE TO SHELTER AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
J LAST/DI
 
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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 31, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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, 1 hour 50 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

Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:05 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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

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

340 PM     10 W CRIVITZ (NEWTON LK)  WI  TREE DOWN...ALSO MARBLE SIZE
07/31/95   MARINETTE                     HAIL

353 PM     WAUTOMA                   WI  .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/95   WAUSHARA

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:06 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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

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

340 PM     10 W CRIVITZ (NEWTON LK)  WI  TREE DOWN...ALSO MARBLE SIZE
07/31/95   MARINETTE                     HAIL

353 PM     WAUTOMA                   WI  .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/95   WAUSHARA

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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

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

408 PM     NORTH OF REDGRANITE       WI  70 MPH WINDS...ALSO PEA SIZE
07/31/95   WAUSHARA                      HAIL

417 PM     SOUTH OF ROTHSCHILD       WI  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ROADWAY
07/31/95   MARATHON                      EAST OF HWY 51

PLH

Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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

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

408 PM (    NORTH OF REDGRANITE       WI  70 MPH WINDS...ALSO PEA SIZE
07/31/95   WAUSHARA                      HAIL

417 PM     SOUTH OF ROTHSCHILD       WI  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ROADWAY
07/31/95   MARATHON                      EAST OF HWY 51

PLH

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, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Richland	51 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, 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

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.