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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2010, 2:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 30, 2010, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Apr 30, 2:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 239 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT/SATURDAY. STORMS ORGANIZED ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKING TOWARD THE AREA LATE TODAY. SVR CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON NOSE OF H8 MOISTURE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASING IN THE SLY FLOW OVER THE AREA. ONGOING SEVERE AND TOR WATCHES ISSUED EARLIER AND MAINLY ISSUED WITH RESPECT TO SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...UPPER JET OVER THE REGION AND CLEAR SKIES OVER THE REGION. DID ADD A DIMINISHING TREND TO THE FORECAST LATER TONIGHT OVER FAR WESTERN AREAS. EXPECT THE PCPN TO BE SCOURED OUT BY SAT MORNING FOLLOWED BY A BREEZY OR WINDY DAY. EXPECT DECREASING CLOUDS WITH TEMPS RISING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. A COUPLE OF PCPN CHCS DURING THIS PERIOD. FIRST IS DURING THE PERIOD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A SURFACE WAVE RIDES ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND INCREASING BAROCLINIC ZONE. HOWEVER OF MORE IMPORTANCE IS THE UPPER COUPLET JET REGION SO WILL INCREASE POPS DURING THIS PERIOD. NAM AND GFS MORE HAVE BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS FEATURE. FOR THE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PERIOD..MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SLIDING ANOTHER COOL FRONT OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION FROM THE UPPER LOW DRIFTING OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. TIMING IS OF ISSUE BUT APPEARS WEAK. BETTER AGREEMENT WITH A MORE SIG COOL FRONT SLIDING OVER THE AREA AROUND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER JET SAG SOUTH INTO THE REGION. ADDED TSRA TO THE FORECAST FOR THE MENTIONED DYNAMICS. GLANCE AT THE ECMWF SLOWS THIS FRONT DOWN AND ANTICIPATE LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO ADJUST THE TIMING OF THIS FEATURE THIS WEEKEND. FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL AS THE UPPER SYSTEM DEPARTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN. SOME DIFFERENCE WITH THE MDM RANGE PROGS WITH ANOTHER S/W PASSING OVER LATE NEXT WEEK. THE THE 12Z ECMWF CONSIDERABLY BACKED OFF FROM THE MORE WET 00Z ECMWF SOLUTION FOR THAT PERIOD. && .AVIATION...WIDEPSPREAD CONVECTION WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RE/TH
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 139 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-011845- 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- 139 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL... NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WINDS COULD GUST TO 40 MPH AT A FEW LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LMZ521-522-541>543-011845- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 139 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...FOR STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO BOATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE PROLONGED CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ECKBERG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 238 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 WIZ005-010-018-030-035-036-302045- VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK... WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT 238 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 AT 236 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PHILLIPS TO 25 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD...TO 20 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LINCOLN... WESTERN MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES BY 310 PM...AND THEN REACH EASTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN MARATHON AND PORTAGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 340 PM AND 415 PM. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IF THEY DO BECOME SEVERE. ECKBERG
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 254 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 WIZ005-010-018-030-035-036-302100- VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK... WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT 254 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 AT 253 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARK FALLS TO 10 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD...TO RICHLAND CENTER IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LINCOLN... WESTERN MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES BY 310 PM...AND THEN REACH EASTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN MARATHON AND PORTAGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 340 PM AND 415 PM. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH. THE STRONGEST STORM WILL ENTER NORTHWEST LINCOLN AND SOUTHWEST ONEIDA COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IF THEY DO BECOME SEVERE. ECKBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.