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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 9, 2015Florence County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2015, 4:18 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 9, 2015, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

County Florence County, WI

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
304 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

WIZ005-092030-
VILAS WI-
304 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CDT...

AT 302 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BOULDER JUNCTION...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE RIVER...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOULDER JUNCTION...MANITOWISH WATERS...SAYNER...TROUT LAKE AND STAR
LAKE.

LAT...LON 4621 8948 4598 8940 4597 8984 4613 8988
      4623 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 255DEG 14KT 4607 8975

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
326 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

WIZ010-018-092115-
LINCOLN WI-ONEIDA WI-
326 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONEIDA AND
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 326 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TRIPOLI...OR 29 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMAHAWK...TRIPOLI...BRADLEY...SPIRIT FALLS...MCCORD AND HEAFFORD
JUNCTION.

LAT...LON 4556 9004 4565 8963 4540 8957 4541 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 263DEG 13KT 4551 8999

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:41 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Vilas	49 min
Aug 9, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Vilas	26 min
Aug 9, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln	52 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln	49 min
Aug 9, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	49 min

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Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.