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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 14, 2000Lincoln County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2000, 7:21 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 69 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
Aug 14, 2000, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 8:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ETomahawk, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2000-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1190 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRB 150026
SVRGRB
WIC069-150130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
721 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75
  MPH.  THE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAC DU FLAMBEAU
  TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MEDFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN 
  FIRST.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TRIPOLI BY 745 PM CDT.
  TOMAHAWK BY 800 PM CDT.
  
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A
STURDY BUILDING. T^AKE ACTION NOW!

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

JS/TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas63 min
Aug 14, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOneida24 min
Aug 14, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade67 min
Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln47 min
Aug 14, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon80 min
Aug 14, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano69 min
Aug 14, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood59 min
Aug 14, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca51 min
Aug 14, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie57 min
Aug 14, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago56 min
Aug 15, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago27 min
Aug 15, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Calumet65 min
Aug 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc41 min
Aug 15, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBMarathon4 hr

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.