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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 14, 1995Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1995, 12:56 AM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 1995, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 64 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 00:00Z, 5.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 758 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 140558 RRA
SVRMSN
WIC001-057-140700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
1256 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MADISON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...JUNEAU COUNTY
 
AT 1255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM MATHER TO RIDGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST
OF LACROSSE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
IN JUNEAU COUNTY...MATHER...CUTLER...CAMP DOUGLAS...ELROY
NEW LISBON AND MAUSTON.
IN ADAMS COUNTY...DELLWOOD...ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP AND WHITE CREEK.
 
 
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    LINWOOD                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WESTERN PORTAGE                TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    LINWOOD:                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WESTERN PORTAGE                TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1049 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

900 PM     ABBOTSFORD                WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   EXT. WESTERN MARATHON          LARGE TREE DOWN ON ROADWAY.
                                          TIME ESTIMATED.

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1049 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

900 PM     ABBOTSFORD                WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   EXT. WESTERN MARATHON          LARGE TREE DOWN ON ROADWAY.
                                          TIME ESTIMATED.

KIECKBUSCH

Local storm report, Aug 14, 12:52 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1252 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    AMHERST                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   PORTAGE                        TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.

1100 PM    WAUPACA                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WAUPACA                        TREE LIMB TOOK POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

1120 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF CNTY     WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WAUSHARA                       TREE LIMBS DOWN.

1120 PM    10 N KESHENA              WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   MENOMINEE                      TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 55.
                                          TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm report, Aug 14, 12:53 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1252 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    AMHERST                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   PORTAGE                        TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.

1100 PM    WAUPACA                   WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WAUPACA                        TREE LIMB TOOK POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

1120 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF CNTY     WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   WAUSHARA                       TREE LIMBS DOWN.

1120 PM    10 N KESHENA              WI   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/95   MENOMINEE                      TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 55.
                                          TIME ESTIMATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Marathon	76 min
Aug 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	76 min
Aug 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage	63 min
Aug 13, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	45 min
Aug 13, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Shawano, Waupaca	67 min
Aug 13, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	67 min
Aug 13, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Menominee	55 min
Aug 13, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage	17 min
Aug 13, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	4 hr
Aug 14, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Waushara	3 hr
Aug 14, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waushara	52 min
Aug 14, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	40 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.