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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 27, 2016Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 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 27, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 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
208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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 27, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
308 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

Forecast discussion for routine afternoon forecast issuance

.SHORT TERM...Tonight and Thursday
Issued at 306 PM CDT Wed Jul 27 2016

An upper trough will move across the region during the late
afternoon and evening hours, while a surface cold front also
drops south across the area. Some scattered thunderstorms are
expected during the mid afternoon hours as the air begins to
destabilize again after earlier clouds and precipitation. More
organized convection over western Wisconsin will move into our
area during the late afternoon and probably weaken during the
evening as surface heating is reduced. Still could get some decent
wind gusts and some hail. Main threat is likely heavy rain with
local 1 to 2 inch amounts possible.

Drier air will arrive from the north Thursday with the chance of
showers and isolated thunderstorms limited to areas south of highway
29. Highs will be at or below normal with lower relative humidity
than the last few days.

.LONG TERM...Thursday Night Through Wednesday
Issued at 306 PM CDT Wed Jul 27 2016

Any lingering showers should shift out of our southern counties
Thursday evening, as Canadian high pressure and associated drier
air edges into the forecast area. Although a few models generate
spotty and weak afternoon convection at times, the general
concensus is for a dry period from Friday through Monday, along
with a gradual warming trend.

As the Canadian high shifts east Monday night into Tuesday,
southerly return will lift a warm front toward the forecast
area, resulting in a chance of thunderstorms. The chance of
storms will linger through the middle of the week. Very warm
and muggy conditions appear poised to return during this period,
along with potential for locally heavy rainfall, as precipitable
water values increase to around 2 inches.
&&

.AVIATION...for 18Z TAF Issuance
Issued at 102 PM CDT Wed Jul 27 2016

A cold front dropping slowly south across WI will produce showers
and thunderstorms at times this afternoon and tonight. VFR
ceilings and visibilities expected outside of any precipitation
this afternoon and evening but MVFR conditions expected late
tonight and early Thursday.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM.....RDM
LONG TERM......Kieckbusch
AVIATION.......RDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
253 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-282000-
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-
253 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING, BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY, BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
NEXT WEDNESDAY, BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
AN INCH, FLOODING, WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH, AND HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LMZ521-522-541>543-282000-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
253 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS AT TIMES. A FEW
STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS, AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS SOUTH OF KEWAUNEE ON
THURSDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

RDM/KIECKBUSCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1153 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

WIZ045-271730-
WAUSHARA WI-
1153 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM
CDT...

AT 1152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF LAKE POYGAN TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF PLAINFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUTOMA...BERLIN...REDGRANITE...SILVER LAKE...PINE RIVER...DAKOTA...
MOUNT MORRIS...SAXEVILLE...WILD ROSE AND RICHFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 4398 8960 4418 8960 4421 8890 4398 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 352DEG 25KT 4416 8874 4407 8955

MPC
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
402 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

WIZ030-035-272200-
WOOD WI-MARATHON WI-
402 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 400 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR LOYAL TO NEAR PITTSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARSHFIELD...SPENCER...PITTSVILLE...HEWITT...VESPER...ARPIN...
BAKERVILLE...POWERS BLUFF COUNTY PARK...LINDSEY AND BETHEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9032 4483 9028 4444 8985 4430 9023
      4439 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 239DEG 12KT 4466 9045 4447 9024

AK
Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBVilas49 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Vilas52 min
Jul 26, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida56 min
Jul 26, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida76 min
Jul 26, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida59 min
Jul 27, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas58 min
Jul 27, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida, Vilas59 min
Jul 27, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest, Vilas60 min
Jul 27, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Forest, Vilas43 min
Jul 27, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette50 min
Jul 27, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette46 min
Jul 27, 6:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas87 min
Jul 27, 10:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie, Waupaca54 min
Jul 27, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie, Winnebago55 min
Jul 27, 11:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara37 min
Jul 27, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood58 min
Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon69 min
Jul 27, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln61 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade64 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.