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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 12, 1995Adams County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1995, 9:03 AM CDT for Adams County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1995, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1995, 9:42 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1995-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 121404 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC001-121445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
903 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 900 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN SOUTHERN
WOOD COUNTY NEAR NEKOOSA...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
 
THE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NEW ROME BY 905 AM CDT.
PERSONS IN NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOnPLE 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 11, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Shawano65 min
Aug 11, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade34 min
Aug 12, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood47 min
Aug 12, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage47 min
Aug 12, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara61 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.