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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 8, 2000Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2000, 10:29 PM CDT for Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 8, 2000, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 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 03:31 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

Time	Report	Where
Jun 8, 10:45 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Blackwell, WI
Jun 8, 11:30 PM CDT	Hail 3.5	Middle Inlet, WI
Jun 8, 11:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Middle Inlet, 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, 3.5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 090332
SVRGRB
WIC041-075-090430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 PM CDT THU JUN 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STORMS WITH
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER FOREST AND CENTRAL MARINETTE
  COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE... 
  CRANDON.
  LAONA.
  WAUSAUKEE.
  MCALLISTER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THES E STORMS...PREPARE FOR WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Marinette	66 min
Jun 8, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marinette	41 min
Jun 8, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Forest	42 min
Jun 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Door	64 min
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Oconto	25 min
Jun 8, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marinette	50 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Door	62 min
Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Door	35 min
Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	39 min
Jun 9, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	41 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.