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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 19, 1996Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 3:19 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1996, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1996, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Door County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 3:50 PM CDTHail 1Gills Rock, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1996-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 1996-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 192020
SVRGRB
WIC029-192100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
319 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF MENOMINEE IN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE TOWARD ELLISON BAY...GILLS ROCK AND
WASHINGTON ISLAND BETWEEN 330 PM AND 400 PM.
 
THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRIVITZ AT 233 PM.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORM AS IT MOVES OVER THE BAY AND
NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
J LAST/SKOWRONSKI
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Wood56 min
May 19, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas46 min
May 19, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood64 min
May 19, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln64 min
May 19, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oneida, Shawano61 min
May 19, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas61 min
May 19, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Marinette, Oconto37 min
May 19, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade43 min
May 19, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee48 min
May 19, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Oconto56 min
May 19, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Wood35 min
May 19, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Shawano, Waupaca60 min
May 19, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto40 min
May 19, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor54 min
May 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee, Manitowoc45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.