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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 9, 2004Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 9:26 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. 6 reports 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
May 9, 2004, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Wisconsin Rapids, WI
May 9, 9:38 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Stevens Point, WI
May 9, 9:38 PM CDTHAIL 1Wisconsin Rapids, WI
May 9, 9:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Stevens Point, WI
May 9, 9:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Wisconsin Rapids, WI
May 9, 9:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Rosholt, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-818 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 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 100226
SVRGRB
WIC097-141-100315-


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
926 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  WOOD COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE LINE
  WAS LOCATED FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEVENS POINT TO WISCONSIN
  RAPIDS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JUNCTION CITY AROUND 930 PM...
  STEVENS POINT AROUND 940 PM...
  WHITING AROUND 940 PM...
  PLOVER AROUND 940 PM...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING.

FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. ALSO AVOID METAL OBJECTS.

LAT...LON 4468 8994 4427 8982 4432 8923 4468 8923

$$

MG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood61 min
May 9, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Shawano, Waupaca50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.