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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 16, 1995Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 5:08 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 162209
SVRMSN
WIC103-162315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
508 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN
RICHLAND COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST
LIMA...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS
ENTERING WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
 
SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...
IN RICHLAND COUNTY...YUBA...CAZANOVIA...BOAZ...FIVE POINTS...RICHLAND
CENTER...ITHACA...AND BEAR VALLEY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RzAIN.
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, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBAdams, Juneau54 min
May 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest30 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto50 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.