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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 24, 2002Langlade County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 7:21 AM CDT for Langlade County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2002, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Langlade County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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
Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDTHail 1Pearson, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2002-04-24Temperature 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°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 2002-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 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.

000 
WUUS53 KGRB 241221
SVRGRB
WIC067-241245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
719 AM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORM
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMIT LAKE. THAT PLACES IT 14
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTIGO. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SUMMIT LAKE BY 725 AM CDT.
  ELCHO BY 730 AM CDT.
  POST LAKE BY 735 AM CDT.
  PEARSON BY 735 AM 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 4546 8936 4515 8944 4514 8898 4548 8895

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln43 min
Apr 24, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon39 min
Apr 24, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee43 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.