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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 24, 2016Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT for Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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: May 24, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 8:47 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Marinette County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

031 
WUUS53 KGRB 250114
SVRGRB
WIC075-250200-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0003.160525T0114Z-160525T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
814 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBINE...OR
  10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSFORD...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...
  PEMBINE...NIAGARA...AMBERG...BEECHER...KREMLIN...CEDARVILLE AND MISCAUNO
  ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4575 8789 4568 8778 4567 8782 4565 8783
      4561 8778 4559 8778 4556 8779 4556 8783
      4554 8780 4550 8779 4547 8781 4544 8786
      4541 8785 4536 8787 4534 8791 4569 8815
      4572 8810 4571 8806 4573 8806 4577 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 323DEG 21KT 4569 8798 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RDM

2 follow-up statements

758 
WWUS53 KGRB 250125
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
825 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

WIC075-250200-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160525T0200Z/
MARINETTE WI-
825 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY...

AT 824 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PEMBINE...OR 13
MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KREMLIN...
BEECHER...CEDARVILLE...AMBERG AND MISCAUNO ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE OR RIVER...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4565 8812 4574 8790 4567 8782 4565 8783
      4561 8778 4559 8778 4556 8779 4556 8783
      4554 8780 4550 8779 4547 8781 4544 8786
      4541 8785 4536 8787 4534 8791 4537 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 327DEG 19KT 4563 8796 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RDM

472 
WWUS53 KGRB 250147
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
847 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

WIC075-250156-
/O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160525T0200Z/
MARINETTE WI-
847 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4565 8812 4574 8790 4567 8782 4565 8783
      4561 8778 4559 8778 4556 8779 4556 8783
      4554 8780 4550 8779 4547 8781 4544 8786
      4541 8785 4536 8787 4534 8791 4537 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 323DEG 21KT 4552 8785 

$$

RDM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Florence	40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.