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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 15, 2003Oconto County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2003, 2:46 PM CDT for Oconto 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
Apr 15, 2003, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oconto County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2003-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-629 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 151947
SVRGRB
WIC029-061-152030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
245 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN KEWAUNEE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DYCKESVILLE. THAT PLACES IT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  KEWAUNEE. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  BRUSSELS BY 255 PM CDT.
  KOLBERG BY 255 PM CDT.
  POTAWATOMI STATE PARK BY 315 PM CDT.
  STURGEON BAY BY 320 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE FOR HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4486 8774 4449 8768 4457 8707 4494 8725

$$

BRUSKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas47 min
Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas67 min
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano59 min
Apr 15, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor, Kewaunee43 min
Apr 15, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB72 min
Apr 15, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB72 min
Apr 15, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor, Kewaunee27 min
Apr 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie, Shawano61 min
Apr 15, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB59 min
Apr 15, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca34 min
Apr 15, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee62 min
Apr 15, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Portage, Waupaca60 min
Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB85 min
Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB85 min
Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB85 min
Apr 15, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Portage, Waupaca44 min
Apr 15, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano63 min
Apr 15, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon42 min
Apr 15, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Waupaca46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.