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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 29, 200711 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2007, 8:07 AM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2007, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Portage County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2007-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 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 
WWUS83 KGRB 291307
RFWGRB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
807 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-292115-
/O.UPG.KGRB.FW.A.0001.070429T1800Z-070430T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.FW.W.0002.070429T1700Z-070430T0100Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-
807 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR
TODAY...AND PULL A PACIFIC COLD FRONT THROUGH THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. DEEP MIXING AND DRY
AIR ADVECTION WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP INTO THE 20 TO
25 PERCENT RANGE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. THIS INFORMATION
SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-292115-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FW.W.0002.070429T1700Z-070430T0100Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-
807 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR
TODAY...AND PULL A PACIFIC COLD FRONT THROUGH THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. DEEP MIXING AND DRY
AIR ADVECTION WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP INTO THE 20 TO
25 PERCENT RANGE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
TO AROUND 80 DEGREES.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. THIS INFORMATION
SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL.

$$
EB/TSK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS83 KGRB 292039
RFWGRB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
339 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-030-035-036-300100-
/O.CON.KGRB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070430T0100Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-
339 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT
RANGE...AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE NOTED BY 7 PM OR 8 PM...AS
TEMPERATURES COOL...HUMIDITY INCREASES AND WINDS SUBSIDE.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL
FIRE CONTROL PERSONNEL.

$$
KIECKBUSCH

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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.