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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 30, 2012Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT for Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Marinette County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 30, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2012-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

614 
WUUS53 KGRB 302136
SVRGRB
WIC075-302200-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0075.120730T2136Z-120730T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
436 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 433 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 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF PEMBINE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
  CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
  KREMLIN.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4577 8798 4576 8796 4576 8791 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4560 8777 4558 8778
      4559 8805 4578 8803 4578 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 274DEG 25KT 4568 8790
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ECKBERG
2 follow-up statements
618 
WWUS53 KGRB 302142
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
442 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

WIC075-302200-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120730T2200Z/
MARINETTE WI-
442 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MARINETTE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 438 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 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PEMBINE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH 
CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY NEAR KREMLIN. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4565 8798 4576 8796 4576 8791 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4560 8777 4558 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 274DEG 25KT 4568 8784
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ECKBERG
374 
WWUS53 KGRB 302154
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
454 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

WIC075-302204-
/O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120730T2200Z/
MARINETTE WI-
454 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4565 8798 4576 8796 4576 8791 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4560 8777 4558 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 274DEG 25KT 4567 8772

$$

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Oconto47 min
Jul 30, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB51 min
Jul 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown40 min
Jul 30, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee62 min
Jul 30, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB86 min
Jul 30, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor39 min
Jul 30, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown39 min
Jul 30, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor61 min
Jul 30, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB116 min
Jul 30, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee, Manitowoc37 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.