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Special Marine Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 18, 2002

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special marine warning at Apr 18, 2002, 8:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2002, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 110 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1200 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...
TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN A
VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA OR FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD SPREAD INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN
BETWEEN 2:00 PM AND 3:00 PM...THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER UPDATES CAN BE FOUND IN THE SHORT-TERM FORECAST
WHENEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

KIECKBUSCH
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
655 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0648 PM    WINCHESTER                WI   TORNADO
04/18/02   VILAS                          REPORTED BY IRON COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF.

JKL

Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:27 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:37 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
737 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    ROTHSCHILD                WI   TORNADO
04/18/02   MARATHON                       BLDGS AND BARNS DAMAGED
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGER

PLH

Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:42 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
742 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0738 PM    10 E WAUSAU               WI   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/18/02   MARATHON
PLH

Local storm report, Apr 18, 8:03 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Florence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas	117 min
Apr 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	28 min
Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Oneida	49 min
Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon	34 min
Apr 18, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Shawano	63 min
Apr 18, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Menominee	55 min
Apr 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca	52 min
Apr 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		110 min
Apr 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		110 min
Apr 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Marinette	30 min
Apr 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Calumet, Winnebago	46 min
Apr 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Manitowoc	32 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Wisconsin, 2002 Every special marine 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.