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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 2000Oconto County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2000, 8:23 PM CDT for Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Oconto County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 8:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELena, 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

415 
WUUS53 KGRB 140123
SVRGRB
WIC083-140215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST OCONTO COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS NEAR
  OCONTO. THAT PLACES THE STORM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARINETTE. THE
  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  OCONTO BY 830 PM CDT.
  PENSAUKEE BY 830 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.

KENNEDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor24 min
Jul 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee43 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.