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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 16, 1995Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 4:21 PM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 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 
TTAA00 KMSN 162122
SVRMSN
WIC001-057-162215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
421 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...JUNEAU COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
TOWN OF WYEVILLE IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...OR 45 MILES EAST OF LA
CROSSE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND IS APPROACHING
EASTERN JUNEAU COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
 
IN JUNEAU COUNTY...CUTLER AND NECEDAH.
IN ADAMS COUNTY...ARKDALE.
 
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.
 
 
MARIEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto21 min
May 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest30 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto50 min
May 16, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBRichland67 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage19 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca49 min
May 16, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor37 min
May 16, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage35 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano53 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca63 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.