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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 25, 2016Lincoln County, Oneida County, Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2016, 3:41 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oneida County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 25, 2016, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2016-06-25Temperature 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 2016-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:54 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
254 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-262000-
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-
254 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MIDDLE TO
LATE EVENING HOURS.

THE MAIN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST...REACHING CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN
DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN SOME WHEN TRACKING INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN DURING OVERNIGHT
HOURS...SO THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE
A LITTLE LOWER THAN AREAS TO THE WEST.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH
COULD RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

LMZ521-522-541>543-262000-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
254 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES MAY APPROACH LEVELS
THAT POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

GUSTY WEST WINDS SUNDAY MAY REACH LEVELS THAT POSE A HAZARD TO
SMALL CRAFT.

KALLAS/SKOWRONSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
238 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

WIZ010-018-030-252030-
LINCOLN-ONEIDA-MARATHON-
238 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MARATHON...WESTERN
ONEIDA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 233 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 13
MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NORTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE AFTERNOON.
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ABBOTSFORD...SPENCER...WOODBORO...TRIPOLI...COUNCIL
GROUNDS STATE PARK...SQUIRREL LAKE...WILLOW RESERVOIR AND NEW WOOD
WILDLIFE AREA.

THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4503 9031 4504 9020 4512 9020 4512 9004
      4590 9004 4590 8953 4514 8957 4471 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 233DEG 44KT 4518 9061

SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
341 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

WIZ005-010-018-030-252145-
LINCOLN WI-ONEIDA WI-MARATHON WI-VILAS WI-
341 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 338 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BOULDER JUNCTION TO NEAR MEDFORD.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS MAY INTENSITY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4616 8923 4501 8987 4499 9032 4503 9031
      4504 9020 4512 9020 4512 9004 4597 9005
      4598 8993 4629 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 260DEG 21KT 4614 8975 4507 9032

AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln52 min
Jun 25, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida, Vilas40 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.