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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 2, 2015Lincoln County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2015, 12:21 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
Aug 2, 2015, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Lincoln County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDTHAIL 1.7515 W Merrill, WI
Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDTHAIL 215 W Merrill, WIUPDATED HAIL SIZE PER PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2015-08-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

108 
WWUS83 KGRB 020521
SPSGRB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1221 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
 
WIZ018-020600-
LINCOLN WI-
1221 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
100 AM CDT...

AT 1221 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CHELSEA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW WOOD WILDLIFE AREA AROUND 1255 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE IRMA...OTIS AND BILL
CROSS RAPIDS WILDLIFE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4535 9004 4541 8964 4514 8959 4513 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 261DEG 25KT 4523 9024 

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln44 min
Aug 2, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Marathon50 min
Aug 2, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon47 min
Aug 2, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade46 min
Aug 2, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee, Shawano43 min
Aug 2, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee43 min
Aug 2, 6:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence38 min
Aug 2, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida52 min
Aug 2, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence29 min
Aug 2, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBVilas48 min
Aug 2, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest, Oneida51 min
Aug 2, 8:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette38 min
Aug 2, 9:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBShawano24 min
Aug 2, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida, Vilas46 min
Aug 2, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Kewaunee, Shawano40 min
Aug 2, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas27 min
Aug 2, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida27 min
Aug 2, 10:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest48 min
Aug 2, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Forest48 min
Aug 2, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOconto50 min
Aug 2, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB22 min
Aug 2, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor46 min
Aug 2, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade39 min
Aug 2, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida47 min
Aug 2, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Oneida28 min
Aug 2, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor39 min
Aug 2, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Forest37 min
Aug 2, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade40 min
Aug 2, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Oconto32 min
Aug 2, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB67 min
Aug 2, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor36 min
Aug 2, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln47 min
Aug 2, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB34 min
Aug 2, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor, Oconto44 min
Aug 2, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage33 min
Aug 2, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB28 min
Aug 2, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood27 min
Aug 2, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB32 min
Aug 2, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB45 min
Aug 2, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Oconto, Shawano58 min
Aug 2, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca, Wood27 min
Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee25 min
Aug 2, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and 1 more62 min
Aug 2, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB40 min
Aug 2, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB37 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto46 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca, Waushara, Winnebago59 min
Aug 2, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca32 min
Aug 2, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB46 min
Aug 2, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB30 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc42 min
Aug 2, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago51 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca25 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Winnebago14 min
Aug 2, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB38 min
Aug 2, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc26 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.