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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 16, 1999Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1999, 3:27 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 16, 1999, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1999, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Marathon County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 4:00 PM 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 12:00Z, 8.5 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 12:00Z on 1999-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 756 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 1999-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jul 16, 2:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-162000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 1999

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST...AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.  VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR ON
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO RAISE THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 90 TO 100 RANGE.

A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND COULD
BECOME STRONG OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.  DAMAGING WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  NORTHERN FOREST...FLORENCE AND EXTREME NORTHERN
MARINETTE COUNTIES WILL BE THE MOST SENSITIVE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS
AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THE
GROUND REMAINS SATURATED.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THAT AREA FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONCE STORMS
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA.

HELMAN
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-162000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1200 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 1999

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST...AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.  VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR ON
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO RAISE THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 90 TO 100 RANGE.

A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND COULD
BECOME STRONG OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.  DAMAGING WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  NORTHERN FOREST...FLORENCE AND EXTREME NORTHERN
MARINETTE COUNTIES WILL BE THE MOST SENSITIVE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS
AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THE
GROUND REMAINS SATURATED.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THAT AREA FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONCE STORMS
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA.

HELMAN
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 1:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBFlorence, Forest6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.