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Winter Weather Advisory 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

February 15, 2021Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 15, 2021, 3:45 AM CST for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 15, 2021, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2021, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2021-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -136 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 14, 11:35 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 11:35 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 2:20 PM CST, 13 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
220 PM CST Sun Feb 14 2021

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-152030-
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-
220 PM CST Sun Feb 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north-central and northeast
Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Dangerous wind chills of 25 to 40 below zero are expected tonight
into Monday morning. Wind Chill Warnings and Advisories are in
effect.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Sunday

Dangerous wind chills of 25 below to 40 below zero are expected
early Monday morning. Wind chills should improve to 5 to 15 below
zero Monday afternoon, then drop to 20 to 30 below zero again
Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Lake effect snow showers will bring accumulating snow to Manitowoc
and Kewaunee counties Monday night into Tuesday. Several inches of
powdery snow are possible, with the most significant accumulations
occurring near Lake Michigan. Hazardous travel conditions will be
likely.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed tonight.

LMZ521-522-541>543-152030-
The Bay of Green Bay south of a line from Cedar River MI to Rock
Island Passage-Lake Michigan from Washington Island to Sheboygan-
220 PM CST Sun Feb 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Lake
Michigan and the waters of Green Bay.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Sunday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

Eckberg/Kieckbusch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 12:30 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryGRBFlorence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette and 6 more21 hr

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.