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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 24, 2006Brown County, Oconto County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2006, 4:18 PM CDT for Brown County, Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 24, 2006, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, WI, Oconto County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2006-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 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 2006-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. FORECAST FOCUS ON SEVERE WEATHER THIS
EVENING.

SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING ALONG OF AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THRU
THE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AS THE
LACK OF SHEAR PREVENTS CONVECTION FROM ORGANIZING ONCE THE HIGH LEVELS
OF CAPE ARE GONE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ON TUESDAY AS
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES BACK NORTH THRU THE STATE AS DEPICTED BY THE
MODELS.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...PRECIP CHCS AND TEMPS
ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FCST WERE MINOR. DID INCREASE POPS A BIT DURING
THE TUESDAY NIGHT PERIOD...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A SVR MCS MOVG
THROUGH GRB CWA. ALSO MAINTAINED CHC POPS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
FOLLOWED BY A DRY PERIOD FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
DROPS INTO THE RGN. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OCCUR IN THE MODEL SOLNS
FOR SUN/MON...WITH THE ECMWF/UKMET SUGGESTING A MORE AMPLIFIED
PATTERN...WITH NW FLOW AND COOLER TEMPS OVER THE GREAT LKS. HPC SUGGESTS
USING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THAT SOLN...AND THE ZONAL FLOW...AND MUCH
WARMER TEMPS...DEPICTED BY THE GFS. STILL WENT WITH SMALL PRECIP CHCS
AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FOR SUN/MON. TEMPS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED WITH
SUBSEQUENT FCSTS.

&&

.GRB...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

KURIMSKI/KIECKBUSCH
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1115 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-251615-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-
WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
1115 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AND THEN BUILD SOUTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE
SEVERE...AND PRODUCE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS OR NEAR THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE
PART OF THE WEEK. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. BE SURE
TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION OF THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

LMZ521-522-541>543-564-251615-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-THE ADJOINING
WISCONSIN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OUT TO MID-LAKE-
1115 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WATERS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN GREEN BAY...AND LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
TO SHEBOYGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...AND THEN BUILD SOUTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE
SEVERE...AND PRODUCE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS OR NEAR THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE
PART OF THE WEEK. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. BE SURE
TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION OF THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

KURIMSKI
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
139 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     HAIL             10 NE TOMAHAWK          45.56N 89.58W
07/24/2006  E1.00 INCH       ONEIDA             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            JUNCTION OF HWYS 51 AND 8

&&

PLH
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:20 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
320 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0318 PM     HAIL             BONDUEL                 44.73N 88.44W
07/24/2006  E1.75 INCH       SHAWANO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PLH
Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:24 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
324 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0319 PM     HAIL             MARINETTE               45.09N 87.61W
07/24/2006  M1.00 INCH       MARINETTE          WI   AIRPLANE PILOT

0318 PM     HAIL             MARINETTE               45.09N 87.61W
07/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       MARINETTE          WI   AIRPLANE PILOT

0318 PM     HAIL             MARINETTE               45.09N 87.61W
07/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       MARINETTE          WI   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

PLH
Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
353 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0349 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ZACHOW                  44.73N 88.34W
07/24/2006                   SHAWANO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee54 min
Jul 24, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln57 min
Jul 24, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto46 min
Jul 24, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade48 min
Jul 24, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette55 min
Jul 24, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB97 min
Jul 24, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Shawano40 min
Jul 24, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette35 min
Jul 24, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Shawano36 min
Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor45 min
Jul 24, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB93 min
Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood46 min
Jul 24, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie49 min
Jul 24, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc67 min
Jul 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB92 min
Jul 24, 5:14 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB91 min
Jul 24, 6:41 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB34 min
Jul 24, 6:54 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB96 min
Jul 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.