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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 30, 2010Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2010-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2010-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas32 min
Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest23 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.