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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 21, 2002Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2002, 4:46 AM CDT for Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 21, 2002, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2002, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oneida County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2002-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1072 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 2002-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

145 
WUUS53 KGRB 210946
SVRGRB
WIC085-211045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
446 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 446 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH 60 MPH WINDS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF WILLOW
  RESERVOIR. THAT PLACES IT 27 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER. IT WAS
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  GOODNOW BY 500 AM CDT.
  MC NAUGHTON BY 505 AM CDT.
  STARKS BY 535 AM CDT.
  GAGEN BY 540 AM CDT.

THIS STORM COULD DAMAGE WEAK STRUCTURES AND TREES. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW
LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. ALSO AVOID METAL
OBJECTS.

LAT...LON 4582 8998 4564 9000 4556 8908 4581 8906

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas41 min
Jul 21, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas78 min
Jul 21, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest75 min
Jul 21, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida75 min
Jul 21, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon74 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon61 min
Jul 21, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade56 min
Jul 21, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon53 min
Jul 21, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood65 min
Jul 21, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano73 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.