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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2006, 5:20 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 1, 2006, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Door County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGRB 012220 SVRGRB WIC029-012245- /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0069.060701T2220Z-060701T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 520 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 517 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON ISLAND...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF ESCANABA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WASHINGTON ISLAND BY 525 PM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF OUTDOORS...GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. CAMPERS AND OTHERS OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4540 8705 4528 8713 4523 8688 4544 8680 $$ KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012229 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 529 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 WIC029-012245- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060701T2245Z/ DOOR WI- 529 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLS ROCK...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF MENOMINEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF OUTDOORS...GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAT...LON 4540 8705 4528 8713 4523 8688 4544 8680 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012230 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 530 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 WIC029-012245- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060701T2245Z/ DOOR WI- 530 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY... AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLS ROCK...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF MENOMINEE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF OUTDOORS...GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAT...LON 4540 8705 4528 8713 4523 8688 4544 8680 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012245 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 545 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 WIC029-012255- /O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-060701T2245Z/ DOOR WI- 545 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOOR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4540 8705 4528 8713 4523 8688 4544 8680 $$ TE
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 1, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 415 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT. FOCUS ON SEVERE THREAT WITH COLD FRONT/UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH CWA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. TAMDAR/18Z GREEN BAY SOUNDINGS SHOWING ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HAVING SIG CIN...WITH WARM LAYER AROUND 800MB. LINE FINALLY GOT GOING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG FRONT OVER U.P. AND NW WI...LIKELY ENHANCED BY LAKE BREEZE OFF SUPERIOR. STORMS ALONG LINE NOT DOING MUCH...THOUGH ISOLATED CELLS AHEAD OF LINE MAY HAVE BROKEN THROUGH INHIBITION. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO MOVE OUT CWA EARLY EVENING...WITH HIGH BUILDING IN FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...LOW AMPLITUDE FLOW CONTINUES OVER AREA THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH NEXT CHANCE OF PCPN SUN NIGHT INTO MON AS NEXT SHORTWAVE/UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL CANADA. LARGE RIDGE TO BUILD IN LATER HALF OF FORECAST PERIOD FOR EXTENDED DRY AND MILD PERIOD. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TE WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1115 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-021615- 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 SAT JUL 1 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... 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 SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARINETTE TO ANTIGO TO PLAINFIELD IN WAUSHARA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. IF SEVERE STORMS DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE ALONG A BATTERY POWERED RADIO TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES. PLAN AHEAD TO DETERMINE WHAT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WILL BE TAKEN IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS AGAIN POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AT THAT TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. LMZ521-522-541>543-564-021615- 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 SAT JUL 1 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. IF SEVERE STORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL RACE EASTWARD AROUND 50 MPH...GIVING BOATERS LITTLE TIME TO TAKE COVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFFSHORE. BOATERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BE SURE TO HAVE ACCESS TO CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION...SUCH AS VIA RADIO...AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE WATER. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS AGAIN POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AT THAT TIME. ECKBERG WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
402 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL LAONA 45.56N 88.68W
07/01/2006 E0.50 INCH FOREST WI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
ECKBERGLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
410 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL STILES 44.86N 88.05W
07/01/2006 M2.50 INCH OCONTO WI AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JKLLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
412 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL OCONTO FALLS 44.88N 88.20W
07/01/2006 M1.75 INCH OCONTO WI AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JKLLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 6 E OCONTO FALLS 44.88N 88.08W
07/01/2006 M3.00 INCH OCONTO WI AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JKLLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:33 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
433 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL SURING 45.00N 88.38W
07/01/2006 E2.75 INCH OCONTO WI PUBLIC
DAMAGE REPORTED. RELAYED BY WFRV-TV.
&&
JKLLocal storm report, Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0514 PM HAIL ALGOMA 44.61N 87.43W
07/01/2006 E1.00 INCH KEWAUNEE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JKLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Oconto | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 66 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 85 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 16 min |
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 65 min | |
| Jul 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 22 min |
| Jul 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 50 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.