Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1998, 2:38 PM CST for Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
- Mar 29, 1998, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1998, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oconto County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:52 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Gillett, WI | |
| Mar 29, 3:12 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lena, WI | |
| Mar 29, 3:15 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Oconto, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 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 292038 RRA SVRGRB WIC083-292130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 238 PM CST SUN MAR 29 1998 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY - NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 330 PM CST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED SURING GILLETT SPRUCE * AT 235 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF KESHENA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STORM WILL BE NEAR GILLETT BY 250 PM. THIS STORM CONTAINS HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. JKL/APK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waushara | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 11:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet, Outagamie | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 12:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Shawano | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 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.