Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1996, 2:11 AM CDT for Oneida County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 79 min. 6 reports 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
- Aug 7, 1996, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1996, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lac Du Flambeau, WI | |
| Aug 7, 3:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelican Lake, WI | |
| Aug 7, 3:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Rhinelander, WI | |
| Aug 7, 3:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Monico, WI | |
| Aug 7, 3:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Three Lakes, WI | |
| Aug 7, 3:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelps, 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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRB 070713 SVRGRB WIC085-125-070830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 211 AM CDT WED AUG 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...ONEIDA COUNTY...VILAS COUNTY AT 210 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR IORNWOOD MICHIGAN TO ABBOTTSFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT LAC DU FLAMBEAU BY 245 AM AND BOULDER JUNCTION BY 300 AM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. SANDERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon | 76 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 2:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Shawano, Waupaca | 95 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 95 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 95 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Shawano, Waupaca | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto, Shawano | 93 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence | 93 min |
| Aug 7, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Winnebago | 74 min |
| Aug 7, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet | 65 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.