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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 2000Florence County, Forest County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2000, 3:35 PM CDT for Florence County, Forest County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2000, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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
Jul 13, 3:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELaona, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2000-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2000-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRB 132036
SVRGRB
WIC037-041-132115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
335 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FOREST COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  EXTREME SOUTHWEST FLORENCE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS NEAR
  NEWALD. THAT PLACES THE STORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRANDON. THE
  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  FENCE B Y 345 PM CDT.
  ARMSTRONG CREEK BY 350 PM CDT.

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

JKL/EB/JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette25 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette63 min
Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor28 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor50 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto32 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDoor25 min
Jul 13, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDoor, Kewaunee43 min
Jul 13, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto53 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto35 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.