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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 30, 2001Brown County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2001, 3:23 PM CDT for Brown County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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
Jun 30, 2001, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EChampion, WI
Jun 30, 3:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELuxemburg, WI
Jun 30, 3:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EAlgoma, WI
Jun 30, 3:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EKewaunee, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

685 
WUUS53 KGRB 302025
SVRGRB
WIC009-061-302115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
323 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  KEWAUNEE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPION...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  GREEN BAY. IT WAS  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...      
  DYCKESVILLE BY 330 PM CDT.
  LUXEMBURG BY 340 PM CDT.
  CASCO BY 350 PM CDT.
  SLOVAN BY 355 PM CDT.
  ROSTOK BY 405 PM CDT.
  ALASKA BY 405 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.

$$

LAT...LON 4468 8773 4456 8791 4429 8736 4450 8718

RM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.