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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Green Bay, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Tomahawk, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 80 min |
| Aug 14, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 69 min |
| Aug 14, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Wood | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon | 4 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.