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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 6, 2016Florence County, Forest County, Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2016, 7:43 PM CDT for Florence County, Forest County, Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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 6, 2016, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Oneida County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 400 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: 740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 7:08 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
708 PM CDT FRI MAY 06 2016

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PRESQUE ISLE            46.25N 89.73W
05/06/2016                   VILAS              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CITY.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     N LAC DU FLAMBEAU       45.96N 89.88W
05/06/2016                   VILAS              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN CITY.

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     MANITOWISH WATERS       46.13N 89.88W
05/06/2016  M68.00 MPH       VILAS              WI   AWOS

&&

SAC

Special weather statement, May 6, 7:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
743 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016

WIZ010>012-070145-
FLORENCE WI-ONEIDA WI-FOREST WI-
743 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2016

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR
ONEIDA...NORTHERN FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 739 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALVIN TO
11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAGLE RIVER TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SQUIRREL
LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WERE
REPORTED AT EAGLE RIVER.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RHINELANDER...FLORENCE...WOODBORO...HOMESTEAD...TIPLER...POPPLE RIVER...
WILLOW RESERVOIR...THREE LAKES...SUGAR CAMP...HAZELHURST AND HILES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GET OFF THE WATER...AS
STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS.

PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.

&&

LAT...LON 4579 9004 4584 8913 4603 8883 4603 8873
      4598 8864 4602 8860 4602 8851 4599 8849
      4599 8838 4596 8833 4595 8819 4592 8810
      4587 8807 4582 8814 4580 8812 4574 8822
      4572 8842 4570 8843 4557 8903 4556 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 278DEG 27KT 4615 8853 4583 8903 4577 9003

KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		16 hr
May 6, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon	63 min

Nearby

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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.