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Small Craft Advisory 53, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 18, 2015

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this small craft advisory at Aug 18, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT. It took effect at Aug 19, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 19, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Aug 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
211 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-191915-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-
LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
211 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGEST
STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
GREATER THAN AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OR DAMAGING
WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY.
SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...
WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS
GREATER THAN AN INCH AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LMZ521-522-541>543-191915-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
211 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THAT MAY POSE A RISK TO MARINERS.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT MAY POSE
A RISK TO MARINERS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY. A FEW GUSTS MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

ECKBERG/SKOWRONSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
250 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

WIZ049-182100-
CALUMET-
250 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALUMET COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 248 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR POTTER TO CHILTON AND HAYTON...
THEN SOUTH TO NEAR NEW HOSTEIN AND ST ANNA. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN DUE TO THE SLOW
MOVING AND TRAINING STORMS. SOME MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE IN CHILTON...HAYTON...POTTER AND ST ANNA THROUGH 415 PM.

ECKBERG

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:51 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
351 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

WIZ036-182145-
PORTAGE WI-
351 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM CDT...

AT 350 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF PLAINFIELD...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITING AROUND 425 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE STANDING ROCK PARK...
CODDINGTON...ARNOTT...NELSONVILLE...JORDAN...STOCKTON...BANCROFT...
KEENE...CUSTER AND FANCHER.

LAT...LON 4431 8967 4457 8950 4452 8928 4424 8941
      4424 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 217DEG 13KT 4434 8952

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Portage	54 min
Aug 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRB	Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	28 hr

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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.