Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT for Menominee County, Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 11:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Menominee County, WI, Shawano County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856 WUUS53 KGRB 270345 SVRGRB WIC078-115-270445- /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0074.120727T0345Z-120727T0445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1045 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MENOMINEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEOPIT...OR 19 MILES WEST OF SHAWANO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SHAWANO AND SOUTHWESTERN MENOMINEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TILLEDA...LYNDHURST...GRESHAM...RED RIVER AND THORNTON. THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4492 8864 4474 8864 4485 8905 4496 8899 TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 280DEG 13KT 4488 8894 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ AK
2 follow-up statements
244 WWUS53 KGRB 270358 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1058 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 WIC078-115-270445- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120727T0445Z/ MENOMINEE WI-SHAWANO WI- 1058 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHAWANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL MENOMINEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF NEOPIT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SHAWANO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SHAWANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL MENOMINEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LYNDHURST...GRESHAM...RED RIVER AND THORNTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4495 8891 4492 8864 4474 8864 4483 8897 TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 291DEG 19KT 4485 8885 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ AK
859 WWUS53 KGRB 270421 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1121 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 WIC078-115-270431- /O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120727T0445Z/ MENOMINEE WI-SHAWANO WI- 1121 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHAWANO AND SOUTH CENTRAL MENOMINEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4495 8891 4492 8864 4474 8864 4483 8897 TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 291DEG 19KT 4480 8868 $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Shawano | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.