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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 27, 1998Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 12:05 AM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 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 27, 1998, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 1:10 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Marathon County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 12:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Wausau, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1537 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

583 
WUUS1 KGRB 270504 RRA
SVRGRB
WIC073-270610-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1205 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 110 AM CDT

* AT 1203 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM JUST OF WEST OF MOSINEE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSINEE
  ROTHSCHILD
  HATLEY

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.
MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.

ISAACSON/SKOWRONSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood59 min
Jun 26, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie62 min
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBWood4 hr
Jun 27, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBMarathon4 hr
Jun 27, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood64 min
Jun 27, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca4 hr
Jun 27, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waushara62 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie3 hr

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.