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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 15, 2016Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 5:27 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 11 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: Jun 15, 2016, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:38 PM CDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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, 5:28 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.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

799 
WUUS53 KGRB 152227
SVRGRB
WIC137-152300-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0048.160615T2227Z-160615T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
527 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 600 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFIELD...OR
  11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUTOMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST
           OF COLOMA AT 525 PM. 

  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 4404 8960 4400 8916 4398 8916 4398 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 293DEG 32KT 4397 8947 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

1 follow-up statement

708 
WWUS53 KGRB 152238
SVSGRB

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

WIC137-152247-
/O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160615T2300Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
538 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING UNTIL 6 PM 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.

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

LAT...LON 4404 8960 4400 8916 4398 8916 4398 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 293DEG 32KT 4393 8934 

$$

ECKBERG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
232 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

Forecast discussion for routine afternoon forecast issuance

.SHORT TERM...Tonight
Issued at 230 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

Tornado watch #259 is in effect until 8 pm for much of central and
northeast Wisconsin, generally south of a Kewaunee to Rhinelander
line. Thunderstorms were rapidly developing across northwest and
west-central Wisconsin. Some of the these storms will become
strong or severe with damaging winds, large hail and possibly a
tornado. The strongest storms will exit east-central and northeast
Wisconsin by mid evening. Lingering showers and isolated storms
will linger into the overnight hours.

.LONG TERM...Thursday Through Wednesday
Issued at 230 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

Heading into the weekend, an upper level high pressure ridge will
expand northeast over the Northern Midwest and bring a short
respite from shower/thunderstorm activity. The ridge will flatten
out over the weekend though, and may permit some enhancement of
storm development by Saturday or Sunday.
&&

.AVIATION...for 18Z TAF Issuance
Issued at 107 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2016

VFR/MVFR cigs expected early this afternoon. Meanwhile, clusters
of thunderstorms will develop across northwest Wisconsin by mid
afternoon, then shift southeast and reach the lakeshore region
by 02z. Some of the stronger storms will be capable of producing
wind gusts to around 50 knots, large hail and possibly a tornado.
The stronger storms should exit the area by 02z. Lingering
chances of showers will continue into the overnight hour, along
with areas of low clouds and fog. The low cigs and visibilities
will gradually improve late tonight into Thursday morning.
Northerly winds could gust to around 20 knots on Thursday.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM.....Eckberg
LONG TERM......ML
AVIATION.......Eckberg

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1153 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-161700-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-
LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
1153 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RHINELANDER TO MARINETTE TO
STURGEON BAY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE LARGE SCALE ATMOSPHERIC
PATTERN APPEARS TO BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS DURING
THAT PERIOD...THE ACTUAL SEVERE RISK WILL DEPEND ON SMALLER SCALE
DETAILS WHICH ARE ELUSIVE THIS FAR IN ADVANCE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
OR WIND DAMAGE...HAIL A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER AND
TORNADOES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-161700-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
1153 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO MID EVENING THAT MAY POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR MARINERS.
STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL.

FOG COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY SUFFICIENTLY TO POSE A HAZARD TO
BOATERS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON
LAKE MICHIGAN.

INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW LATE TONIGHT COULD BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW THURSDAY COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO POSE A
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

ECKBERG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
218 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIZ005-010-018-151945-
LINCOLN-ONEIDA-VILAS-
218 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN VILAS...WESTERN
ONEIDA AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 216 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRENGTHENING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF TURTLE FLAMBEAU FLOWAGE TO 7
MILES WEST OF WILLOW RESERVOIR TO 5 MILES WEST OF NEW WOOD WILDLIFE
AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU...WINCHESTER...SQUIRREL LAKE...WILLOW RESERVOIR...
TRIPOLI...MANITOWISH WATERS...CLIFFORD...MCCORD AND SPIRIT FALLS.

LAT...LON 4591 8970 4539 8981 4525 9004 4598 9005
      4598 8993 4627 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 222DEG 19KT 4598 9017 4569 8999 4532 9007

ECKBERG

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
301 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIZ010-152030-
ONEIDA-
301 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY...

AT 300 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WILLOW RESERVOIR...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF TURTLE FLAMBEAU FLOWAGE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SQUIRREL LAKE...WILLOW RESERVOIR...MINOCQUA...WOODRUFF...HAZELHURST AND
GOODNOW.

LAT...LON 4590 8983 4590 8967 4567 8959 4565 9004
      4584 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 257DEG 19KT 4575 9000

ECKBERG

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
330 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIZ005-010-152100-
ONEIDA-VILAS-
330 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL VILAS AND NORTH
CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTIES...

AT 329 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
SQUIRREL LAKE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE RIVER...MINOCQUA...ARBOR VITAE...WOODRUFF...HAZELHURST...LAKE
TOMAHAWK...ST GERMAIN...STAR LAKE AND SAYNER.

LAT...LON 4572 8965 4587 8981 4614 8939 4593 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 233DEG 28KT 4585 8965

ECKBERG

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
415 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIZ010-018-019-152145-
LANGLADE-LINCOLN-ONEIDA-
415 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LANGLADE...ONEIDA
AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ONEIDA,
LINCOLN AND NORTHWEST LANGLADE COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS, HAIL
AND POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADOES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RHINELANDER...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...WOODBORO...PARRISH...COUNCIL GROUNDS
STATE PARK...WILLOW RESERVOIR...NEW WOOD WILDLIFE AREA...TRIPOLI AND
BRADLEY.

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

LAT...LON 4585 9000 4586 8907 4515 8931 4512 9000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 254DEG 17KT 4568 8935

ECKBERG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
511 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N RHINELANDER         45.69N 89.41W
06/15/2016  M3.00 INCH       ONEIDA             WI   AMATEUR RADIO

            IN ABOUT 1 HOUR.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
527 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             3 SW COLOMA             44.00N 89.55W
06/15/2016  E1.75 INCH       WAUSHARA           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	38 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, 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.