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Special Weather Statement, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 7, 2026Lincoln County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2026, 3:21 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2026, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 30

County Lincoln County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 312 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

053 
WWUS83 KGRB 072021
SPSGRB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
321 PM CDT Fri Aug 7 2026

WIZ018-019-072100-
Lincoln WI-Langlade WI-
321 PM CDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND WEST
CENTRAL LANGLADE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM CDT...

At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Merrill, or 17 miles north of Wausau, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

The strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Merrill and Council Grounds State Park around 325 PM CDT.
  Dutch Corners around 330 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this strong thunderstorm include Otis,
Bloomville, Gleason, Doering and Dudley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4512 8979 4518 8986 4543 8952 4522 8928
      4512 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 234DEG 26KT 4521 8967

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

Kruk

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 1:34 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	GRB		2 hr
Aug 7, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Langlade	39 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Vilas	71 min
Aug 7, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marinette	47 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.