Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT for Florence County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- May 24, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Florence County, WI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 15 W Florence, WI | TREES KNOCKED POWER LINES DOWN, STARTING FIRES IN MANY LOCATIONS. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
676
WUUS53 KGRB 250005
SVRGRB
WIC037-250045-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0002.160525T0005Z-160525T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
705 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAMBAUGH...OR
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRON RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...TIPLER...COMMONWEALTH...LOST LAKE CAMPGROUND AND LASALLE
FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4602 8851 4599 8850 4600 8846 4598 8842
4599 8838 4596 8833 4596 8832 4595 8829
4596 8825 4595 8824 4595 8819 4594 8816
4573 8840 4594 8868 4601 8868 4599 8867
4598 8864 4599 8861 4602 8860 4601 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 309DEG 22KT 4600 8856
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LUCHS2 follow-up statements
367
WWUS53 KGRB 250024
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
WIC037-250045-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
FLORENCE WI-
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY...
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORENCE...OR 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...COMMONWEALTH...LOST LAKE CAMPGROUND AND LASALLE FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4598 8852 4599 8850 4600 8846 4598 8842
4599 8838 4596 8833 4596 8832 4595 8829
4596 8825 4595 8824 4595 8819 4594 8816
4573 8840 4589 8861 4592 8859 4593 8856
4597 8855 4597 8856 4598 8853 4597 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 304DEG 25KT 4590 8832
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RDM992
WWUS53 KGRB 250042
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
742 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
WIC037-250051-
/O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160525T0045Z/
FLORENCE WI-
742 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FLORENCE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4598 8852 4599 8850 4600 8846 4598 8842
4599 8838 4596 8833 4596 8832 4595 8829
4596 8825 4595 8824 4595 8819 4594 8816
4573 8840 4589 8861 4592 8859 4593 8856
4597 8855 4597 8856 4598 8853 4597 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 309DEG 22KT 4590 8832
$$
LUCHSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Wood | 55 min |
| May 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Winnebago | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca, Waushara | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Waupaca, Winnebago | 43 min |
| May 25, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Wood | 26 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.