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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 23, 2002Lincoln County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2002, 4:05 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2002, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2002-09-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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.

378 
WUUS53 KGRB 232105
SVRGRB
WIC069-232145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
405 PM CDT MON SEP 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
  DIAMETER. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRILL. THAT PLACES IT 19
  MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOOMVILLE BY 425 PM CDT.
  GLEASON BY 425 PM CDT.
  DOERING BY 435 PM CDT.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT THE STORM HAD PRODUCED 3/4 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4532 8983 4514 8986 4513 8944 4533 8945

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade41 min
Sep 23, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.