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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 3, 20166 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 3, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 3, 5:21 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 5:21 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-042000-
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-
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FROST IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF
THE FOX VALLEY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AND
AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF HAIL.

LMZ521-522-541>543-042000-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST
STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT
TONIGHT...AND PRODUCE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...AND PRODUCE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

MG/KIECKBUSCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 5:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 3:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB44 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.