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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 11, 1995Marathon County, Portage County, Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 11:40 AM CDT for Marathon County, Portage County, Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1995, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 336 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2164 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
2164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 111642 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC073-097-115-111715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1140 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN MARATHON COUNTY...NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY
 
AT 1135 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 10 SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU TO JUST WEST OF
WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE
ROTHCHILD AREA. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE
ELDERON...GALLOWAY...AND TIGERTON.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FORn DAMAGING WIND...
LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  MOVE TO SHELTER AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
MJS
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca43 min
Aug 11, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Shawano30 min
Aug 11, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto37 min
Aug 11, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie37 min
Aug 11, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown57 min
Aug 11, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette57 min
Aug 11, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Outagamie, Winnebago62 min
Aug 11, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor, Kewaunee, Manitowoc67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.