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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 6, 2011Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 9:24 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
Jun 6, 2011, 9:24 AM CDT (14:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2011, 9:59 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 9:49 AM CDTHAIL 0.5Pickett, WI
Jun 6, 9:54 AM CDTHAIL 1Pickett, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2011-06-06Temperature 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°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 2011-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

177 
WUUS53 KGRB 061424
SVRGRB
WIC139-061530-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0041.110606T1424Z-110606T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
924 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSH LAKE AND PICKETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4389 8888 4407 8889 4393 8840 4389 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 289DEG 28KT 4396 8893
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

TDH
2 follow-up statements
185 
WWUS53 KGRB 061440
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
940 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

WIC139-061530-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110606T1530Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-
940 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WINNEBAGO COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...

AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSH LAKE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIPON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN 
WINNEBAGO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FISK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4389 8888 4407 8889 4393 8840 4389 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 289DEG 28KT 4392 8876
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

TDH
700 
WWUS53 KGRB 061459
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
959 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

WIC139-061509-
/O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110606T1530Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-
959 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4389 8888 4407 8889 4393 8840 4389 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 289DEG 28KT 4387 8857

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara63 min
Jun 6, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon67 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.