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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 29, 1996Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1996, 5:05 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 70 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
Jun 29, 1996, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1996, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Wood County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindWisconsin Rapids, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1996-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 1996-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 292204
SVRGRB
WIC141-292315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
505 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT TO ENTER FAR WESTERN WOOD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE IN THE LINDSEY...PITTSVILLE...AND ARPIN AREA BY 530 PM.
 
THE STORM WILL AFFECT WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND VICINITY BY 600 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY IN THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
J K LAST/KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage53 min
Jun 29, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca, Waushara55 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.