Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 3:28 PM CDT for Forest County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min. 8 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 25, 2008, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forest County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 N Eagle River, WI | |
| May 25, 3:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Eagle River, WI | |
| May 25, 3:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Eagle River, WI | |
| May 25, 3:37 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Eagle River, WI | SPOTTER MEASURED LARGEST STONE AT 2 INCHES IN DIA. |
| May 25, 3:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Conover, WI | |
| May 25, 3:53 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Alvin, WI | |
| May 25, 3:57 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Eagle River, WI | |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | St Germain, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KGRB 252028
SVRGRB
WIC041-125-252115-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0013.080525T2028Z-080525T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
328 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VILAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 322 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE RIVER.....AND
MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PHELPS BY 340 PM...
HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. IF
OUTDOORS...MOVE INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4612 8947 4616 8908 4613 8905 4605 8884
4604 8871 4602 8868 4590 8871 4591 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 256DEG 46KT 4597 8930
$$
RDM3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGRB 252038
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
337 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
WIC041-125-252115-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080525T2115Z/
FOREST-VILAS-
337 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VILAS AND NORTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL MORE THAN GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR CONOVER....OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE
RIVER....AND MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALVIN BY 355 PM...
HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAINT GERMAIN
WITH THIS STORM...BREAKING OUT WINDOWS N VEHICLES. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND
YOUR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4612 8947 4616 8908 4613 8905 4605 8884
4604 8871 4602 8868 4590 8871 4591 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 256DEG 46KT 4600 8914
$$
RDM000
WWUS53 KGRB 252046
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
WIC041-125-252115-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080525T2115Z/
FOREST-VILAS-
345 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VILAS AND NORTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 341 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
EAGLE RIVER AROUND 335 PM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHELPS....OR
11 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE RIVER....AND MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALVIN BY 355 PM...
LAT...LON 4614 8923 4616 8910 4613 8905 4605 8884
4604 8871 4602 8868 4590 8871 4592 8926
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 256DEG 46KT 4602 8900
$$
RDM000
WWUS53 KGRB 252054
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
354 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
WIC041-125-252115-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080525T2115Z/
FOREST-VILAS-
354 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VILAS AND NORTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 350 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALVIN....OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRON RIVER....AND MOVING EAST AT 54
MPH.
LAT...LON 4607 8906 4612 8904 4612 8903 4606 8887
4604 8871 4602 8868 4590 8871 4592 8908
4605 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 262DEG 47KT 4599 8883
$$
RDMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 27 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 19 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Wood | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.