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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 8, 2016Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 1:44 AM CDT for Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 91 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
Jul 8, 2016, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 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 Jul 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
949 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-081100-
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-
949 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ISOLATED WIND
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH.

FOG IS ALSO LIKELY NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. THE FOG COULD
SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICT THE VISIBILTY AT TIMES...AND POSE A HAZARD
TO MOTORISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER EXACT
TIMING IS UNCERTAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 40
MPH...OR RAINFALLS OVER 1 INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LMZ521-522-541>543-081100-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
949 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

DENSE FOG...ESPECIALLY OVER LAKE MICHIGAN...WILL POSE A HAZARD TO
BOATERS TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.
WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME
STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE...HOWEVER EXACT TIMING IS
UNCERTAIN.

SKOWRONSKI

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
144 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

WIZ005-080815-
VILAS WI-
144 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER VILAS COUNTY
EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 140 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF GILE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
FIFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

UP TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.  BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU...PHELPS...BOULDER JUNCTION...WINCHESTER...CONOVER...
PRESQUE ISLE...MANITOWISH WATERS...LAND O LAKES...TROUT LAKE AND LAC
VIEUX DESERT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR
MOTORISTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4614 8910 4611 8903 4602 8904 4590 8996
      4590 9004 4598 9005 4598 8993 4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 247DEG 29KT 4698 9047 4632 9016 4585 9029

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage41 min
Jul 7, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage46 min
Jul 7, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara45 min
Jul 7, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca39 min
Jul 8, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon, Menominee, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and 1 more87 min
Jul 8, 3:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago80 min
Jul 8, 4:09 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB32 hr
Jul 8, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB64 min
Jul 8, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Wood42 min
Jul 8, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee, Oconto38 min
Jul 8, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB59 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.