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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 27, 2010Florence County, Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 9:16 PM CDT for Florence County, Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2010, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Marinette County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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
Jul 27, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1763 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 Jul 27, 3:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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, 5 hours 2 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, 7:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 27, 8:51 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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.

&&

BERSCH
Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:02 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
902 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANITOWISH WATERS       46.13N 89.88W
07/27/2010                   VILAS              WI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
            COUNTY

&&

TOMH
Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
905 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0851 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E ALVIN               46.01N 88.68W
07/27/2010                   FOREST             WI   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 70 NEAR FLORENCE COUNTY BORDER. TIME
            ESTIMATED.

&&

BERSCH
Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANITOWISH WATERS       46.13N 89.88W
07/27/2010                   VILAS              WI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
            COUNTY

&&

TOMH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas66 min
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Marinette54 min
Jul 27, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more6 hr
Jul 27, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBVilas44 min
Jul 27, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida59 min
Jul 27, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas36 min
Jul 27, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest41 min
Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida65 min
Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon51 min
Jul 27, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto44 min
Jul 27, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Shawano37 min
Jul 27, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBFlorence6 hr
Jul 27, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Oconto37 min
Jul 27, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood61 min
Jul 27, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood29 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.