Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2012, 2:19 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 1, 2012, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WUUS53 KGRB 011919 SVRGRB WIC069-012000- /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0089.120801T1919Z-120801T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 219 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 216 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIPOLI...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK AROUND 240 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SPIRIT FALLS...IRMA...OTIS...BLOOMVILLE...GLEASON...DUDLEY AND DOERING. 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 4555 9005 4556 8943 4520 8944 4529 9005 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 288DEG 37KT 4545 9005 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ EB
3 follow-up statements
701 WWUS53 KGRB 011933 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 233 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 WIC069-012000- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120801T2000Z/ LINCOLN WI- 233 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF NEW WOOD WILDLIFE AREA...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK AROUND 240 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE IRMA... BLOOMVILLE...GLEASON...DUDLEY AND DOERING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 4550 9001 4554 8943 4520 8944 4530 9004 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 288DEG 37KT 4540 8986 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ EB
319 WWUS53 KGRB 011947 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 247 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 WIC069-012000- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120801T2000Z/ LINCOLN WI- 247 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 240 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF TOMAHAWK...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. AT 245 PM CDT A SHERIFF IN IRMA REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IRMA...BLOOMVILLE...GLEASON AND DUDLEY. 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 4529 8998 4551 8988 4554 8943 4520 8944 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 288DEG 37KT 4536 8971 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ EB
329 WWUS53 KGRB 011959 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 259 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 WIC069-012009- /O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120801T2000Z/ LINCOLN WI- 259 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4529 8998 4551 8988 4554 8943 4520 8944 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 288DEG 37KT 4531 8950 $$ EB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 21 min |
| Aug 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.