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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 3, 2000Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2000, 3:15 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 3, 2000, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Door County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 3:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESturgeon Bay, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2000-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRB 030817
SVRGRB
WIC029-030900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
315 AM CDT SUN SEP 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 60 MPH WINDS. THE STORMS WERE ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES EAST OF WAUSAUKEE TO GREEN BAY. THE
  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BRUSSELS BY 325 AM CDT.
  LITTLE STURGEON BY 325 AM CDT.
  STURGEON BAY 335 AM CDT.
  CHAMBERS ISLAND BY 335 AM 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 HAVE PASSED.

KENNEDY

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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.