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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 14, 2000Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2000, 10:31 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
Aug 14, 2000, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 11:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EStevens Pt, WI
Aug 14, 11:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Stevens Pt, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 150335
SVRGRB
WIC097-141-150430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1031 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  WOOD COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 
  THE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  MARSHFIELD TO WITTENBERG.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...
  MARSHFIELD BU 1040 PM CDT.
  ROSHOLT BY 1100 PM CDT.
  STEVENS POINT BY 1110 PM CDT. 

THESE STORMS COULD DAMAGE WEAK STRUCTURES AND TREES. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVEC PASSED.

TH/JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln69 min
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, 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.