Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 5:27 PM CDT for Oneida County, Vilas 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
- May 27, 2015, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 6:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WUUS53 KGRB 272227
SVRGRB
WIC085-125-272330-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0002.150527T2227Z-150527T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
527 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAC DU
FLAMBEAU...OR 22 MILES EAST OF PARK FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU AROUND 530 PM CDT.
SQUIRREL LAKE AROUND 550 PM CDT.
WILLOW RESERVOIR AROUND 615 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HARSHAW...MC NAUGHTON...HAZELHURST...LAKE TOMAHAWK...GOODNOW...
WOODRUFF AND MINOCQUA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4598 9005 4598 8993 4603 8993 4578 8947
4558 8973 4584 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 312DEG 16KT 4594 8999
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KIECKBUSCH2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KGRB 272252
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
552 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
WIC085-125-272330-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150527T2330Z/
ONEIDA WI-VILAS WI-
552 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
WILLOW RESERVOIR...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ONGOING OVER SOUTHWEST VILAS AND WESTERN ONEIDA COUNTIES.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HARSHAW...GOODNOW...MC NAUGHTON...HAZELHURST...
MINOCQUA AND LAKE TOMAHAWK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4590 9003 4594 8995 4597 8986 4578 8947
4558 8973 4584 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 303DEG 27KT 4575 8963
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
KIECKBUSCH605
WWUS53 KGRB 272303
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
603 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
WIC085-125-272312-
/O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150527T2330Z/
ONEIDA WI-VILAS WI-
603 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA AND
SOUTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4590 9003 4594 8995 4597 8986 4578 8947
4558 8973 4584 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 312DEG 16KT 4571 8957
$$
KIECKBUSCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 9 hr | |
| May 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 58 min | |
| May 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Door | 67 min |
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 57 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 42 min |
| May 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida | 57 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest | 34 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.