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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 3, 2012Florence County, Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 2:43 PM CDT for Florence County, Forest County, Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 3, 2012, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2012-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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 2012-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

046 
WUUS53 KGRB 031943
SVRGRB
WIC037-041-075-032045-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0096.120903T1943Z-120903T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
243 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN MARINETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
  MILES WEST OF POPPLE RIVER TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  POPPLE RIVER AROUND 300 PM CDT.
  GOODMAN AROUND 335 PM CDT.
  HOMESTEAD AND FLORENCE AROUND 345 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WABENO...NEWALD...LAONA...LONG LAKE...CAVOUR...BLACKWELL...BEAR LAKE
CAMPGROUND...MORGAN LAKE CAMPGROUND...LOST LAKE CAMPGROUND AND FENCE.

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 4592 8809 4589 8810 4587 8807 4581 8813
      4579 8809 4580 8799 4576 8796 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4563 8781 4537 8884
      4538 8892 4579 8898 4597 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 254DEG 23KT 4576 8883 4548 8878
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

TH
3 follow-up statements
039 
WWUS53 KGRB 031957
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
257 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

WIC037-041-075-032045-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-120903T2045Z/
FLORENCE WI-FOREST WI-MARINETTE WI-
257 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MARINETTE...EASTERN FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPPLE RIVER TO
8 MILES NORTH OF CARTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODMAN AROUND 335 PM CDT.
  HOMESTEAD AND FLORENCE AROUND 345 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LONG LAKE...
BLACKWELL...CAVOUR...BEAR LAKE CAMPGROUND...MORGAN LAKE CAMPGROUND...
LOST LAKE CAMPGROUND...FENCE...ARMSTRONG CREEK...GOODMAN COUNTY PARK
AND LASALLE FALLS.

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 4542 8867 4549 8874 4584 8878 4597 8826
      4592 8809 4589 8810 4587 8807 4581 8813
      4579 8809 4580 8799 4576 8796 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4563 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 254DEG 23KT 4578 8870 4550 8866
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

TH
199 
WWUS53 KGRB 032024
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
324 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

WIC037-041-075-032045-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-120903T2045Z/
FLORENCE WI-FOREST WI-MARINETTE WI-
324 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MARINETTE...EASTERN FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TIPLER TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODMAN...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODMAN AROUND 335 PM CDT.
  HOMESTEAD AND FLORENCE AROUND 345 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE GOODMAN
COUNTY PARK...LASALLE FALLS...DUNBAR AND COMMONWEALTH.

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 4544 8861 4550 8860 4586 8868 4597 8826
      4592 8809 4589 8810 4587 8807 4581 8813
      4579 8809 4580 8799 4576 8796 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4563 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 254DEG 23KT 4582 8847 4554 8843
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

TH
510 
WWUS53 KGRB 032040
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
340 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

WIC037-041-075-032049-
/O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-120903T2045Z/
FLORENCE WI-FOREST WI-MARINETTE WI-
340 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARINETTE...EAST
CENTRAL FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.   

LAT...LON 4544 8861 4550 8860 4586 8868 4597 8826
      4592 8809 4589 8810 4587 8807 4581 8813
      4579 8809 4580 8799 4576 8796 4575 8787
      4568 8777 4566 8782 4563 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 254DEG 23KT 4585 8833 4557 8829

$$

TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB94 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.