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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 27, 2002Florence County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2002, 6:13 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 27, 2002, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Florence County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 6:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELong Lake, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2002-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 2002-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

851 
WUUS53 KGRB 272313
SVRGRB
WIC037-280015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
610 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE  
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH 60 MPH WINDS. THE LINE WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
  FOREST COUNTY AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LONG LAKE BY 625 PM CDT.
  TIPLER BY 630 PM CDT.
  FENCE BY 635 PM CDT.
  FLORENCE BY 650 PM CDT.

THE STORMS HAD BLOWN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN THE MINOCQUA AREA.

CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
IMMEDIATELY.

HELMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas60 min
Jul 27, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas60 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette70 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.