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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 17, 2016Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT for Door 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: Aug 17, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

County Door County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 16, 5:43 PM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:43 PM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 2:24 PM CDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
224 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-171930-
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-
224 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT COULD PRODUCE BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND
GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS IS LOW.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A MORE DETAILS ANALYSIS OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-171930-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
224 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIGHTNING
STRIKES...REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WITH THE
STORMS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD RESULT IN CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL
CRAFT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

MPC/SKOWRONSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Portage, Waushara, Wood	91 min
Aug 17, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.