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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 18, 2026Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2026, 3:55 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 18, 2026, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2026, 4:44 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Aug 18, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 355 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2026-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1301 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2026-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette33 min
Aug 18, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB101 min
Aug 18, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette27 min
Aug 18, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage38 min
Aug 18, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette26 min
Aug 18, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor25 min
Aug 18, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara30 min
Aug 18, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor47 min
Aug 18, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB56 min
Aug 18, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB83 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.