Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1997, 5:05 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 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 11, 1997, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1997, 5:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Doering, 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 160 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 112207 RRA SVRGRB WIC069-112255- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 505 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 555 PM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED DOERING BLOOMVILLE * AT 503 PM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOERING. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. * THE STORM WILL BE OVER BLOOMVILLE BY 530 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH HAIL LARGER THAN AN INCH IN DIAMETER. MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER. JKL/EB
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.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 4:21 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 4:21 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 4 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 SHORT TERM FCST CONCERN IS THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. LATEST SAT LOOPS SHOW UPPER LOW DRIFTING NNE INTO WESTCENTRL WI. KGRB RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW PULSE-TYPE STORMS MAINLY OVER CENTRAL WI. A FEW STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HALF-INCH HAIL IN MARATHON COUNTY. STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SVR LIMITS THIS EVENING. WIDELY SCT STORMS OVR FOX VALLEY HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE OVR PAST HOUR. SCT SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH AFT SUNSET WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS UPPER LOW AND ASSOC COLD POOL DRIFT EASTWARD AS PER ETA MODEL. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK OK. EB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-112100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1115 AM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. FORECAST: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE COOL POCKET OF AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LEVELS TO PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY... THEN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. WEAK WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY STORMS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION: SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE SHORT-TERM FORECAST SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KIECKBUSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-112100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1115 AM CDT WED JUN 11 1997 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. FORECAST: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE COOL POCKET OF AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LEVELS TO PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY... THEN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. WEAK WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY STORMS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION: SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE SHORT-TERM FORECAST SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KIECKBUSCH
Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
438 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM FENWOOD WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARATHON
JML/JKLLocal storm report, Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
438 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION.... :
0415 PM FENWOOD WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/97 MARATHON
JML/JKLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.