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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 6, 2021Calumet County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 8:10 AM CDT for Calumet County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2021, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

County Calumet County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 8:17 AM CDTHAIL 0.25Appleton, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

111 
WWUS83 KGRB 061310
SPSGRB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
810 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
WIZ038>040-048>050-061400-
Calumet WI-Kewaunee WI-Outagamie WI-Winnebago WI-Manitowoc WI-
Brown WI-
810 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Brown,
southwestern Kewaunee, northern Calumet, northern Winnebago, southern
Outagamie and northwestern Manitowoc Counties through 900 AM CDT...

At 809 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Appleton to near Menasha. Movement was
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Appleton around 815 AM CDT.
  Little Chute around 820 AM CDT.
  Kaukauna around 825 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Kimberly, Darboy,
High Cliff State Park, Northern Lake Winnebago, Brillion and Denmark.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4449 8764 4408 8795 4415 8879 4440 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 265DEG 27KT 4434 8840 4420 8852 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

Kurimski

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara53 min
Aug 6, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie, Winnebago39 min
Aug 6, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBCalumet37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.