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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 25, 2016Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2016, 6:49 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
213 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-261915-
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-
213 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF
THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK AND THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SOME ISOLATED STORMS COULD
POSE A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER, BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
THE SPECIFICS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

LMZ521-522-541>543-261915-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
213 PM CDT WED MAY 25 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
STORMS BECOMING LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD
PRODUCE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

AREAS OF MARINE FOG MAY CAUSE A NAVIGATION HAZARD FOR MARINERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MARINE FOG MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AND POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH REST OF THE
WEEK AND THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

MPC/ML

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
407 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

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

0400 PM     HAIL             WISCONSIN RAPIDS        44.40N 89.84W
05/25/2016  E0.25 INCH       WOOD               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LUCHS
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
424 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIZ045-048-252215-
WINNEBAGO WI-WAUSHARA WI-
424 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BERLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE POYGAN AROUND 450 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE RIVERMOOR...METZ...
TUSTIN...AURORAVILLE...PICKETT...OMRO...MIKESVILLE...HARBOR SPRINGS...
ORIHULA AND EUREKA.

LAT...LON 4398 8889 4398 8908 4424 8888 4420 8859
      4390 8872 4390 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 202DEG 25KT 4398 8890

MPC
Local storm report, May 25, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 6:49 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 24, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence40 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette33 min
May 25, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood55 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon, Portage, Waupaca36 min
May 25, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara25 min
May 25, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago51 min
May 25, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca, Waushara45 min
May 25, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca, Winnebago43 min
May 24, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDickinson27 min

Nearby

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

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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.