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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 30, 1999Florence County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1999, 8:42 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 78 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 30, 1999, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Florence County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 30, 9:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 65	Long Lake, 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
Jul 30, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:50 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
842 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0820 PM    HAZELHURST                WI   WIND DAMAGE
07/30/99   ONEIDA                         TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 51
                                          AT HAZELHURST

0827 PM    LAKE TOMAHAWK             WI   WIND GUST
07/30/99   ONEIDA                         70 MPH WIND GUST AT LAKE
                                          TOMAHAWK. LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN.

0838 PM    ST. GERMAIN               WI   WIND DAMAGE
07/30/99   VILAS                          SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN

APK

Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
842 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0820 PM    HAZELHURST                WI   WIND DAMAGE
07/30/99   ONEIDA                         TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 51
                                          AT HAZELHURST

0827 PM    LAKE TOMAHAWK             WI   WIND GUST
07/30/99   ONEIDA                         70 MPH WIND GUST AT LAKE
                                          TOMAHAWK. LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN.

0838 PM    ST. GERMAIN               WI   WIND DAMAGE
07/30/99   VILAS                          SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN

APK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	64 min
Jul 30, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas	92 min
Jul 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Langlade	78 min
Jul 30, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	76 min
Jul 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette, Oconto	91 min
Jul 30, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln	47 min
Jul 30, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara	78 min
Jul 30, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Menominee	78 min
Jul 30, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	31 min
Jul 30, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette, Oconto	62 min
Jul 30, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Winnebago	97 min
Jul 30, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Calumet, Manitowoc	61 min
Jul 30, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown	63 min
Jul 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Shawano, Waupaca	64 min
Jul 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	64 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.