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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 25, 2016Portage County, Waupaca County, Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT for Portage County, Waupaca County, Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Portage County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

209 
WUUS53 KGRB 252130
SVRGRB
WIC097-135-137-252215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0005.160525T2130Z-160525T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
430 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAUSHARA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF WHITING TO NEAR WAUTOMA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AMHERST AROUND 440 PM CDT. 
  REDGRANITE AROUND 450 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
HANCOCK...KEENE...SAXEVILLE...ALMOND...AMHERST JUNCTION...STANDING ROCK
PARK...DAKOTA...PINE RIVER...COLOMA AND SILVER LAKE.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
WAUSHARA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4398 8954 4444 8960 4453 8922 4406 8902
      4398 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 236DEG 34KT 4446 8944 4405 8940 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

4 follow-up statements

125 
WWUS53 KGRB 252141
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
441 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC097-135-137-252215-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2215Z/
WAUSHARA WI-PORTAGE WI-WAUPACA WI-
441 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR WAUSHARA...SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA
COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMHERST TO NEAR WAUTOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WILD ROSE AROUND 445 PM CDT.
  MOUNT MORRIS AROUND 450 PM CDT.
  REDGRANITE AROUND 500 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
HANCOCK...KEENE...SAXEVILLE...ALMOND...AMHERST JUNCTION...STANDING ROCK
PARK...DAKOTA...PINE RIVER...COLOMA AND SILVER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4407 8955 4442 8957 4453 8922 4406 8902
      4398 8940 4403 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 236DEG 34KT 4451 8935 4410 8931 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

125 
WWUS53 KGRB 252150
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
450 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC097-135-137-252215-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2215Z/
WAUSHARA WI-PORTAGE WI-WAUPACA WI-
450 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR WAUSHARA...SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA
COUNTIES...

AT 450 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMHERST TO NEAR WAUTOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WAUSHARA...SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: HANCOCK...KEENE...SAXEVILLE...ALMOND...
AMHERST JUNCTION...STANDING ROCK PARK...DAKOTA...PINE RIVER...COLOMA AND
SILVER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4407 8955 4442 8957 4453 8922 4406 8902
      4398 8940 4403 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 249DEG 26KT 4446 8924 4405 8920 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

852 
WWUS53 KGRB 252158
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
458 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC097-135-137-252215-
/O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2215Z/
WAUSHARA WI-PORTAGE WI-WAUPACA WI-
458 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WAUSHARA...SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA
COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMHERST TO NEAR REDGRANITE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDGRANITE...AMHERST...HARTMAN CREEK STATE PARK...CHAIN O' LAKES-KING...
SILVER LAKE...PINE RIVER...MOUNT MORRIS...SAXEVILLE...WILD ROSE AND
SHERIDAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4435 8938 4444 8929 4453 8922 4406 8902
      4402 8921 4417 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 232DEG 29KT 4448 8923 4408 8913 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ECKBERG

168 
WWUS53 KGRB 252206
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
506 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC097-135-137-252216-
/O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2215Z/
WAUSHARA WI-PORTAGE WI-WAUPACA WI-
506 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAUSHARA...
SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN WAUPACA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4435 8938 4444 8929 4453 8922 4406 8902
      4402 8921 4417 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 236DEG 34KT 4448 8923 4408 8913 

$$

ECKBERG

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 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, 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.