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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 20155 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2015, 2:08 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 82 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2015, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 2:33 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wausau, WI	TREES DOWN IN THE CITY.
Jul 13, 2:33 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	Wausau, WI
Jul 13, 2:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 57	Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

816 
WWUS83 KGRB 130708
SPSGRB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
208 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
 
WIZ005-010-018-019-030-035-036-130830-
PORTAGE WI-LINCOLN WI-LANGLADE WI-ONEIDA WI-WOOD WI-VILAS WI-
MARATHON WI-
208 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THUNERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN 
EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 201 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MANITOWISH WATERS TO TOMAHAWK TO 
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

UP TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE 
WITH ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS IN THIS LINE. 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR                                    
   MERRILL AND WAUSAU AROUND 220 AM CDT
   RHINELANDER AND STEVENS POINT AROUND 230 AM CDT   

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE SCHOFIELD...
HAZELHURST...LAKE TOMAHAWK...BILL CROSS RAPIDS WILDLIFE AREA...
NEKOOSA...WALKER...BIG EAU PLEINE COUNTY PARK...ROZELLVILLE...RIB
FALLS AND VESPER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 

PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.

&&

LAT...LON 4441 9032 4524 8999 4627 8979 4614 8909
      4611 8905 4522 8923 4425 8962 4425 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 272DEG 27KT 4631 8969 4525 8990 4415 9033 

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood	78 min
Jul 13, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Portage, Wood	65 min
Jul 13, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	53 min
Jul 13, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Shawano, Waupaca	54 min
Jul 13, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage	19 min
Jul 13, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Winnebago	43 min
Jul 13, 3:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago	2 hr
Jul 13, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		117 min
Jul 13, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie	34 min
Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Portage	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Outagamie	26 min
Jul 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown	45 min
Jul 13, 4:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Kewaunee	43 min
Jul 13, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Door	87 min
Jul 13, 5:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		94 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln	65 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	29 min
Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon	38 min
Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marinette	37 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Marathon, Shawano	33 min
Jul 13, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Langlade	43 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marathon	40 min
Jul 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marinette	55 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Menominee, Shawano	27 min
Jul 13, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	33 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		59 min
Jul 13, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waupaca	56 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Kewaunee	45 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		88 min
Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marinette	50 min
Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		2 hr
Jul 13, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.