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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 15, 2016Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 15, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Sw Coloma, WI
Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Coloma, WI	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

753 
WUUS53 KGRB 152207
SVRGRB
WIC137-152245-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0045.160615T2207Z-160615T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
507 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
  FRIENDSHIP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  DAKOTA...RICHFORD...COLOMA AND NESHKORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4408 8960 4400 8916 4398 8916 4398 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 295DEG 40KT 4399 8964 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

2 follow-up statements

708 
WWUS53 KGRB 152218
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
518 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIC137-152245-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160615T2245Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
518 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY...

AT 518 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
WESTFIELD...OR 13 MILES EAST OF FRIENDSHIP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
DAKOTA...RICHFORD...COLOMA AND NESHKORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4408 8960 4400 8916 4398 8916 4398 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 291DEG 28KT 4399 8955 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

710 
WWUS53 KGRB 152236
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
536 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIC137-152246-
/O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160615T2245Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
536 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4408 8960 4400 8916 4398 8916 4398 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 295DEG 40KT 4399 8955 

$$

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marathon, Wood	79 min
Jun 15, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	27 min
Jun 15, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	29 min
Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Vilas	30 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	46 min
Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln, Oneida	30 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida	42 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln	41 min
Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	33 min
Jun 15, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon	17 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Oneida	116 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Oneida	48 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca	65 min
Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	11 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Winnebago	45 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Oconto	52 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Brown, Outagamie	50 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Calumet, Manitowoc	47 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.