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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2017, 3:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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
- May 15, 2017, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Green Bay WI 245 PM CDT Mon May 15 2017 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-161945- 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- 245 PM CDT Mon May 15 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north-central and northeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Rest of the Afternoon and Tonight A band of showers and thunderstorms are expected to work into central and parts of north-central Wisconsin during the rest of the afternoon and then into northeast Wisconsin toward evening. The risk of severe weather is low with these storms. Later tonight, additional thunderstorms are expected to develop along a warm front around midnight into early Tuesday morning. Some of the storms may produce damaging winds, large hail and locally heavy rainfall, especially south of a Marshfield to Manitowoc line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday Periods of thunderstorms are expected Tuesday through Wednesday night, and also next weekend. A few strong storms are possible over central and north-central Wisconsin on Tuesday and Tuesday night, then for all locations Wednesday and Wednesday night, but it is too early to determine the severe weather threat at this time. Heavy rainfall is also possible over far north-central Wisconsin on Wednesday and Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Formal spotter activation is not anticipated for the remainder of the afternoon and this evening, but may be needed after midnight south of a Marshfield to Manitowoc line. Spotters are requested to report heavy rainfall over an inch, hail or wind gusts over 35 mph. LMZ521-522-541>543-161945- The Bay of Green Bay south of a line from Cedar River MI to Rock Island Passage-Lake Michigan from Washington Island to Sheboygan- 245 PM CDT Mon May 15 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Lake Michigan and the waters of Green Bay. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorms are likely tonight. Hail and heavy rainfall will be possible with any thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday A chance of thunderstorms will occur at times Tuesday through Wednesday night, and also into the weekend. Winds and waves hazardous to small craft could occur Tuesday night through Thursday. Eckberg/TDH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 15, 9:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 15, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Vilas | 54 min |
| May 15, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Florence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas | 73 min |
| May 15, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.