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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 21, 2026Waushara County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 7:03 PM CDT for Waushara County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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 21, 2026, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2026, 7:32 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 303 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3453 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
3453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 10:43 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB23 hr
Aug 22, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown46 min
Aug 22, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBManitowoc34 min
Aug 22, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBCalumet51 min
Aug 22, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown38 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.