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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 29, 2025Shawano County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 1:38 PM CDT for Shawano County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2025, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2025, 2:18 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2025-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1382 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 2025-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
1382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 1:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
134 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-301845-
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-
134 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are expected to re-develop and continue through the
evening.

Some storms may become strong to severe, with damaging winds and
large hail up to one inch in diameter being the primary hazards.
Torrential rainfall will also be possible, along with localized
flooding of urban and low-lying areas. The greatest risk of heavy
rainfall will be across northeast and east-central Wisconsin,
including the Fox Valley.

High temperatures near 90 degrees combined with high humidity
will result in heat indices reaching the middle to upper 90s
across portions of central into northeast Wisconsin into early
this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorm chances return Monday with some of the storms could
produce hail and gusty winds. There is a chance of thunderstorms
Wednesday and Wednesday night. However, it is still too early to
determine severe potential.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to report any wind damage, hail, or
flooding to the National Weather Service in Green Bay.

LMZ521-522-541>543-301845-
The Bay of Green Bay south of a line from Cedar River MI to Rock
Island Passage-Lake Michigan from Washington Island to Sheboygan-
134 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon,
continuing through this evening. Some storms could pose a serious
hazard to mariners, including strong wind gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorm chances return on Monday, and then again Wednesday
and Wednesday night. Any storm may pose a hazard to mariners.

Eckberg/Goodin

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1001 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     Rain             Sturgeon Bay            44.83N 87.38W
06/29/2025  M1.32 Inch       Door               WI   CO-OP Observer

            1.32" of rain fell within a 35-minute period
            early this morning.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas50 min
Jun 29, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas39 min
Jun 29, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida49 min
Jun 29, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln45 min
Jun 29, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor47 min
Jun 29, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor31 min
Jun 29, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood36 min
Jun 29, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca39 min
Jun 29, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto, Shawano, Waupaca49 min
Jun 29, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waushara39 min
Jun 29, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca3 hr
Jun 29, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB61 min
Jun 29, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano44 min
Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago37 min
Jun 29, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor52 min
Jun 29, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBBrown, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Winnebago3 hr
Jun 29, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie38 min
Jun 29, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB88 min
Jun 29, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBManitowoc36 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.