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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 24, 2016Florence County, Wisconsin

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.

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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
May 24, 7:12 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG15 W Florence, WITREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

LUCHS
2 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
 
$$

RDM
992 
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 

$$

LUCHS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette33 min
May 25, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood55 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon, Portage, Waupaca36 min
May 25, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara25 min
May 25, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago51 min
May 25, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca, Waushara45 min
May 25, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca, Winnebago43 min
May 25, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood26 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.