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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 16, 2016Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Sep 16, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Kewaunee County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2016-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2016-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Sep 16, 2:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:20 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
220 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

Forecast discussion for routine afternoon forecast issuance

.SHORT TERM...Tonight and Saturday
Issued at 219 PM CDT Fri Sep 16 2016

Main band of showers and thunderstorms moving across eastern
Wisconsin as of mid afternoon. Once this afternoon exits the
area by late afternoon/early evening, most of the region
will be dry tonight. The only exception will be across the
north where lingering chances of showers will continue through
the night. Cloudy conditions will continue tonight with patchy
fog developing late this evening and overnight.

Clouds will be on the decrease Saturday morning across eastern
Wisconsin before clouds redevelop during the afternoon hours.
Mostly cloudy skies along with a chance of showers will prevail
across the north. High temperatures will range from the upper
60s north to the upper 70s across east-central Wisconsin.

.LONG TERM...Saturday Night Through Friday
Issued at 219 PM CDT Fri Sep 16 2016

An active mid to long term is set for the western Great Lakes for
a good portion of next week as a series of low pressure systems
track through the region.

The extended forecast start out relatively quiet during the latter
part of the weekend as a weak ridge of high pressure tracks
through the western Great Lakes. This period of quiet will be
relatively short lived as a cold front tracks through the western
Great Lakes Monday and Monday evening. This cold front will be
relatively weak, with not much in the way moisture with the best
forcing stays to the north. Therefore pops during this period will
continue to be low.

By the middle to late part of next week better moisture advects
north from the Gulf of Mexico as several additional low pressure
systems track through the western Great Lakes. This setup will
bring a better chance of rain to the area from Wednesday through
next Friday. Model solutions have come more in line with each
other during this very unsettled period, therefore confidence is a
bit higher than normal for this part of the forecast, hence the
higher pops in the forecast.
&&

.AVIATION...for 18Z TAF Issuance
Issued at 1205 PM CDT Fri Sep 16 2016

A band of showers and scattered thunderstorms was moving across
central into northeast Wisconsin early this afternoon. VFR
ceilings were occurring south of this band of rain. To the
north and west, IFR ceilings were noted across central into
north-central Wisconsin. Per the latest HRRR model, the band of
showers and storms should shift east into the remainder of
northeast and east-central Wisconsin. The activity should wane
or end across central and north-central Wisconsin this afternoon.
Ceilings across northeast and east-central Wisconsin will tank
this evening due to abundant low level moisture and light winds.
Sky cover a little tricker across central and north-central
Wisconsin. There may be a break in the IFR ceilings as latest
observations indicated VFR ceilings west of the area. Any
improvement in the clouds will be brief as low clouds should fill
back in quickly after sunset.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Beach Hazards Statement until 1 AM CDT Saturday FOR WIZ022-040-
050.
&&

SHORT TERM.....Eckberg
LONG TERM......Kurimski
AVIATION.......Eckberg
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 2:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 2:03 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
203 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

WIZ038-039-048-049-161945-
BROWN WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-CALUMET WI-WINNEBAGO WI-
203 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BROWN...SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE...
NORTHERN CALUMET AND NORTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 202 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER OVER APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE CHUTE AROUND 205 PM CDT.
  KAUKAUNA AROUND 210 PM CDT.
  DENMARK AND BELLEVUE 235 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
ASKEATON...GREENLEAF... MURPHY CORNER...WRIGHTSTOWN...FOREST
JUNCTION...LARK...SHERWOOD...LANGES CORNERS AND HOLLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4433 8850 4459 8779 4433 8781 4433 8789
      4427 8789 4424 8800 4424 8804 4423 8804
      4412 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 243DEG 39KT 4425 8836

ECKBERG
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 2:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
221 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

WIZ039-049-050-161945-
MANITOWOC WI-BROWN WI-CALUMET WI-
221 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MANITOWOC...CENTRAL
BROWN AND EASTERN CALUMET COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 220 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREEN BAY TO NEAR CHILTON. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREEN BAY...BAY SHORE PARK...CHILTON...BRILLION...DENMARK...
BELLEVUE TOWN...DE PERE...ASHWAUBENON...BELLEVUE AND ALLOUEZ.

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 4394 8816 4394 8824 4450 8809 4467 8793
      4463 8793 4468 8781 4476 8774 4413 8790
      4393 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 217DEG 29KT 4448 8807 4397 8820

KURIMSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 2:49 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
Sep 16, 3:36 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementGRBDoor, Kewaunee, Manitowoc21 hr
Sep 16, 3:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB21 hr
Sep 16, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown42 min
Sep 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown24 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.