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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

January 19, 20124 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 19, 2012, 9:35 PM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2012, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Calumet County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 321 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2012-01-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2012-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.