Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Green Bay, WI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
315 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

HEAVY RAINFALL/SVR THREAT FOR TONIGHT...AND PRECIP TRENDS FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK ARE THE MAIN FCST CONCERNS.

WV IMAGERY SHOWED THE STRONG UPPER LOW OVER FAR NC MN...WITH A POTENT
VORT MOVG INTO FAR NW WI. AT THE SFC...A WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY EXTENDED
FROM LOW PRESSURE IN NC IA NEWD THROUGH SW AND EC WI. SCT TSTMS...WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLD SVR HAIL/WIND WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THIS
BOUNDARY...MAINLY SOUTH OF GRB CWA. ANOTHER BATCH OF STG/SVR STORMS
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NC/NE WI...AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING VORT.

CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FLOOD WATCH CAN BE CANCELLED FOR EC WI...WITH
MAIN HVY RAINFALL THREAT STAYING TO OUR SOUTH. CURRENT CONVECTION
SHOULD CAUSE THE BOUNDARY TO SAG FARTHER SOUTH DURING THE LATE
AFT/EVG...KEEPING THE BEST CORE OF HVY RAINFALL OVER SC/SE WI. SOME
POCKETS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN THE CURRENT FLOOD
WATCH AREA THROUGH EALY EVG...AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. ISOLD
SVR THREAT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA INTO THE EARLY EVG HOURS AS
THE UPPER TROF PIVOTS THROUGH N WI. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DECREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS EVG.

THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO THE AFFECT THE RGN INTO AT LEAST EARLY
NEXT WEEK...WITH STRONG BLOCKING NOTED UPSTREAM OVER THE NE US. WILL
KEEP TSTMS IN THE FCST THROUGH MONDAY...AND SCT AFT SHOWERS FOR
TUES/WEDS...AND TRY FOR A DRY DAY ON THURS.

STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS.

.GRB...NONE.

KIECKBUSCH
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
615 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL RAINS. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE FLOODING RAINS WERE REPORTED
YESTERDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...AND THEN LINGER THROUGHOUT
THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH
DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

ECKBERG
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
724 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

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

0715 PM    S OF ROZELLEVILLE         WI   .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/03   MARATHON                       REPORT FROM LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT AT HIGHWAY
                                          COUNTY M 1 MILE NORTH OF
                                          COUNTY LINE

AUSTIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
816 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

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

0355 PM    LANGLADE                  WI   WIND DAMAGE
07/31/03   LANGLADE                       POWER LINES DOWN AND TREE
                                          ACROSS ROAD AT HIGHWAYS 55
                                          AND 64
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AUSTIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1020 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM...

AT 1020 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL
WISCONSIN JUST EAST OF STEVENS POINT IN PORTAGE COUNTY...AND IN THE
WAUSAU VICINITY IN MARATHON COUNTY.  PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN OBSERVED.  THE WATCH WILL LIKELY EXPIRE AT 11 PM THIS EVENING.

HELMAN
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