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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 8, 2021Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Door County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

112 
WWUS83 KGRB 090015
SPSGRB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
715 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
 
WIZ022-090100-
Door WI-
715 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Door County through
800 PM CDT...

At 714 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles east of Oconto to near Sturgeon Bay.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Sturgeon Bay around 725 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Jacksonport, Egg
Harbor and Ephraim.

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 4516 8697 4512 8696 4472 8743 4484 8768
      4487 8765 4491 8752 4494 8764 4510 8753
      4494 8759 4492 8751 4496 8744 4507 8736
      4512 8737 4517 8744 4522 8741 4525 8734
      4522 8721 4530 8714 4519 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 212DEG 32KT 4486 8758 4481 8747 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Kurimski

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB54 min
Aug 9, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee, Shawano51 min
Aug 9, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade50 min
Aug 9, 8:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago39 min
Aug 9, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBWood11 hr
Aug 9, 1:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBWood40 hr

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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.