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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 30, 2002Langlade County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2002, 7:16 PM CDT for Langlade County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 30, 2002, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
59 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 30, 7:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EAntigo, 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 30, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2002-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

142 
WUUS53 KGRB 310016
SVRGRB
WIC067-310115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
716 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR DEERBROOK. THAT PLACES IT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTIGO.
  IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  ANTIGO BY 725 PM CDT.  
  NEVA BY 728 PM CDT.
  BRYANT BY 735 PM CDT.
  POLAR BY 735 PM CDT.
  ELTON BY 750 PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 4538 8929 4515 8943 4513 8916 4506 8922
          4504 8899 4511 8901 4515 8869 4538 8869

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood63 min
Jul 30, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln32 min
Jul 30, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano46 min
Jul 30, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln35 min
Jul 30, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee42 min
Jul 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto49 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano49 min
Jul 30, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara46 min
Jul 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Vilas44 min
Jul 30, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago39 min
Jul 30, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie34 min
Jul 30, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet43 min
Jul 30, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB95 min
Jul 30, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB95 min
Jul 30, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Manitowoc46 min
Jul 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor32 min
Jul 31, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas58 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.