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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 4, 2026Portage County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 12:22 AM CDT for Portage County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
Sep 4, 2026, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2026, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Portage County, WI, Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 334 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 2026-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3157 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2026-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood31 min
Sep 3, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage, Wood33 min
Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara45 min
Sep 3, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee, Shawano34 min
Sep 4, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Shawano41 min
Sep 4, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Winnebago18 min
Sep 4, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRBPortage, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago39 min
Sep 4, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago57 min
Sep 4, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Manitowoc63 min
Sep 4, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette28 min
Sep 4, 4:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBCalumet, Outagamie, Winnebago4 hr
Sep 4, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara37 min
Sep 4, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBCalumet, Winnebago56 min
Sep 4, 7:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBCalumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago2 hr
Sep 4, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon48 min
Sep 4, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon53 min
Sep 4, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood57 min
Sep 4, 6:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood3 hr
Sep 4, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood42 min
Sep 4, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage, Wood66 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.