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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 4, 1995Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1995, 1:52 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1995, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1338 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 041854 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC103-041945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
152 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 1:50 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOAZ...OR 55 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TOWN OF RICHLAND CENTER WITHIN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR AND THE TOWN OF ITHACA IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara26 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.