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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2007, 4:16 PM CDT for Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2007, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 4:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Waupaca County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 26, 3:28 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:28 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 328 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...MAIN CONCERNS ARE PCPN CHCS... AND ASSOCIATED RISK OF SVR WX AND HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT...THEN CLOUD TRENDS AND TEMPS ON FRIDAY. SFC OBS AND MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRESSURE NR DLH...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SE FROM THE LOW INTO EC WI...AND A COLD FRONT JUST ENTERING FAR NW WI. SCT TSTMS...WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT. ALTHOUGH WIND SHEAR WAS QUITE WEAK IN THE LOWEST 4 KM OF THE ATMOSPHERE...THERE APPARENTLY WAS ENOUGH LLVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE VCNTY OF THE WARM FRONT...AND MODERATE FLOW IN THE MID- LEVELS TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ISOLD SVR TSTMS IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS (CAPE 2000-2500 J/KG). EVENTUALLY...EXPECT THIS EVENT TO TRANSITION INTO MORE A HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...AS AN MCS ASSOCIATED THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.7 INCHES AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S SUPPORT THE THREAT OF HVY RAINFALL. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM NW TO SE VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL CLEARING TREND EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. MIXING THROUGH 850-825 MB SUPPORTS HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE FA. EXPECT MARINE FOG TO CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE LKSHR COUNTIES TONIGHT... AS WINDS MAINTAIN A S-SE DIRECTION UNTIL LATE. WILL MENTION LOCAL DENSE FOG NEAR THE LKSHR. THE WORST CONDITIONS SHD OCCUR ACROSS N DOOR COUNTY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NITE THRU NEXT THURSDAY. FORECAST FOCUS ON TEMPERATURES THRU THE PERIOD AND PRECIP CHANCES NEXT THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE WEATHER DRY DURING THE WEEKEND AND THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE TEMPERATURES AS MEX GUIDANCE JUMPS TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE LOW 90S MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY. THE GFS ENSEMBLE TEMPERATURES INDICATE THESE VALUES ARE ON THE HIGH END OF THE MEMBERS...SO WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE COOLER ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. A COLD FRONT THEN MOVES THRU THE CWA SOMETIME WEDNESDAY NITE AND THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT AND AMOUNT OF QPF ASSOCIATED WITH IT...WILL TAKE A FIRST STAB AT THE TIMING AS THE MODELS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT PUTTING CHANCY POPS IN. && .AVIATION...SCT STG TO SVR TSTMS WILL AFFECT THE TAF SITES DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVG PERIOD. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE LATE EVG AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT... EXPECT IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. EXPECT A GRADUAL CLEARING TREND ON FRIDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE RGN. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && KIECKBUSCH/KURIMSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 414 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-271645- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 414 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH THE MAIN THREAT TRANSITIONING TO JUST HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE STATE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. LMZ521-522-541>543-564-271645- 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- 414 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 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...TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MARINE FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT...WITH THE MAIN THREAT TRANSITIONING TO JUST HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD. AREAS OF MARINE FOG...LOCALLY DENSE...WILL AFFECT THE MARINE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FRIDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE STATE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEXT THURSDAY...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KIECKBUSCH/KURIMSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 254 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-262130- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 254 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DRIFT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE STORMY WEATHER. JKL
Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:20 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waushara | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 90 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.