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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 8:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 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 27, 2010, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
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 27, 3:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 331 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FORECAST CONCERNS ON PCPN POTENTIAL WITH ADVANCING COLD FRONT. MCV FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION AND LLVL JET HAS MAINTAINED CONVECTION THROUGH THE DAY OVER CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST WI. QUESTION IS WHAT THE DAYS RAIN HAS DONE TO POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS. VARIETY OF BOUNDARIES LEFT BEHIND IN ADDITION TO WARM FRONT VCNTY MSP AND COLD FRONT WESTERN MN. HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS SCENARIO PORTRAYED IN RAPID UPDATE RUC...WITH DEVELOPMENT WESTERN WI/EASTERN MN...AND ADVANCING LINE OVERNIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT. STILL CAPPED A BIT IN MSP AREA GIVEN 18Z SOUNDING...THOUGH NO INHIBITION AND 1200 CAPE IN GRB. SLIGHT RISK REMAINS FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WI...WITH INCREASING SHEAR AS JET SINKS SOUTH INTO WESTERN LAKES. PRECIP WATERS STILL IN 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE WITH ONE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY REPORTED IN CENTRAL WI THIS AFTERNOON. POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 1.5 INCH AMOUNTS OVER CWA TONIGHT...NAM/RUC POINT TO NORTHERN WI...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST LOW. FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS. 850 FLOW SHIFTS NW WITH DRIER CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THRU NEXT TUESDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA TO DOMINATE THE AREA/S WEATHER INTO FRIDAY. IN GENERAL...THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA IS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WHILE THE RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. MODELS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE SOME PCPN INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY PERIOD. THIS MORNING MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFT NORTH INTO IOWA LATER FRIDAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROF WITH A RRQ REGION OF THE UPPER JET SLIDES SEWD OVER OR NEAR THE FORECAST AREA. GFS IS VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS FEATURE WHILE THE NAM KEEPS THESE DYNAMICS FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST. AT THIS TIME WILL CONFINE BEST CHC OF RAIN FOR AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY INTO THE FRIDAY NIGHT PERIOD. REMOVED THE AFTERNOON CHC FOR SATURDAY...MAY BE NEEDED LATER ON BUT THE THREAT OF THIS BOUNDARY SHIFTING TOWARD TOWARD THE REGION IS QUESTIONABLE. DUE TO LACK OF CONSISTENCY WITH FEATURES FOR FOCUS OF CONVECTION...AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT WILL LEAN TOWARD A DRIER FORECAST UNTIL THE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY TIME WHERE MDM PROGS ARE IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT FAR OUT WITH A FROPA PASSAGE. && .AVIATION...COLD FRONT ADVANCING THROUGH STATE TONIGHT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO AREA THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS BEHIND FRONT WED AFTERNOON. && .HYDROLOGY...HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ONE TO TWO INCHES AGAIN INCREASES RISK OF FLOODING. SEE ESF. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TE/TDH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 414 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-282115- 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 TUE JUL 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES EARLY THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-282115- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 414 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THESE STORMS MAY POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
533 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL TIGERTON 44.73N 89.05W
07/27/2010 M1.75 INCH SHAWANO WI PUBLIC
REPORTED RELAYED BY WSAW-TV.
&&
ECKBERGSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 WIZ005-010>012-018-019-280015- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... AT 610 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARBOR VITAE WESTWARD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL SHOULD MOVE INTO VILAS COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS ONEIDA...FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES BETWEEN 730 AND 9 PM. THE STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY SINK SOUTHWARD INTO LINCOLN AND LANGLADE COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...BOATERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM TALL TREES. TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. REMEMBER... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. ECKBERG
Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
721 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG TIPLER 45.91N 88.63W
07/27/2010 FLORENCE WI PUBLIC
TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 70 AND 139. TIME
ESTIMATED.
&&
BERSCHLocal storm report, Jul 27, 7:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
851 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0848 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NW RHINELANDER 45.68N 89.48W
07/27/2010 E65.00 MPH ONEIDA WI PUBLIC
REPORTED IN NEWBOLD.
&&
BERSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Marinette | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Vilas | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Shawano | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Florence | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 29 min |
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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.