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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 8, 2000Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2000, 9:24 PM CDT for Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
Jun 8, 2000, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forest County, WI, Marinette County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 9:35 PM CDTHail 1Laona, WI
Jun 8, 10:14 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECrivitz, WI
Jun 8, 10:16 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELoomis, WI
Jun 8, 10:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Wausaukee, 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 415 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2264 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
2264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
33.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRB 090226
SVRGRB
WIC041-075-090330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
924 PM CDT THU JUN 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  MARINETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORM
  WAS NEAR WABENO. THAT PLACES THE STORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CRANDON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  CALDRON FALLS RaESERVOIR BY 950 PM CDT.
  WAUSAUKEE BY 1020 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Marinette61 min
Jun 8, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette41 min
Jun 8, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBForest42 min
Jun 8, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor64 min
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOconto25 min
Jun 8, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette50 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor62 min
Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBDoor35 min
Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence39 min
Jun 9, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence41 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.