Thunderstorms that caused severe weather in northeast Wisconsin continued to produce strong winds as they moved over the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms that caused severe weather in northeast Wisconsin continued to produce strong winds as they moved over the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 28, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 418 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CONCERN OF FORECAST FOCUS ON FRONT MOVEMENT AND ONGOING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL WI. FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS MADE LITTLE PROGRESS SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK WAVE MOVING THROUGH FLOW OVER NORTHWEST WI/EASTERN MN...SPURRING ON CURRENT CONVECTION. STRONGER WAVE NOW SEEN OVER NORTHEAST NE. ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO MAINTAIN CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SIG INSTABILITY SEEN OVER CWA WITH SBCAPE VALUES AROUND 3500 IN VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AHEAD OF FRONT. LATEST TAMDAR SOUNDINGS INDICATE CIN HAS ALL BUT ERODED. SHEAR/UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW POINTS TO WINDS BEING MAJOR THREAT...EXCEPT RIGHT NEAR BOUNDARY WHERE A TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. HAVE GONE WITH SLOWER MOVEMENT OF FRONT UNTIL AFTER WAVES MOVE THROUGH...SLOWER THAN NAM. AREA OF LOW CLOUDS/LIGHT RAIN TO LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT. TRENDED TOWARDS MILDER TEMPS TONIGHT...AND LINGERED SHOWERS A BIT MORE WED MORN. .LONG TERM...WED NGT THRU TUE LONG TERM MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THRU MUCH OF PD AS LARGE E-W UPPER RDG CONTROLS MUCH OF CNTRL US WX. HIGH PRESS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION WED NIGHT...BRINGING CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPS. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP AOB 40 OVER THE NORTH TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. COULD EVEN BE ISOLD AREAS OF FROST IN LOW LYING REGIONS OF N-CNTRL WI. HIGH PRESS REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER THRU SAT. SHRTWV TROF MOVG ALNG US/CAN BORDER AND ASSOC SFC TROF COULD BRING SHRA/TSRA SUN-MON. TEMPS CLOSE TO HPC GUIDE FOR DAYS 5-7. ADJ MIN TEMPS DOWN FROM GFS MOS WITH COOL HIGH PRES ON THU AM...OTHERWISE REMAINDER OF TEMPS CLOSE TO GUID. && .AVIATION...CONVECTION ONGOING OVER WESTERN TAF SITES...EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO GRB AROUND 7PM. SIG WINDS/HEAVY RAIN WITH SYSTEMS. LOW CLOUDS/LIGHT RAIN OR FOG SEEN RIGHT BEHIND FRONT WITH MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TE/JKL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-291800- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA- WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LMZ521-522-541>543-564-291800- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-THE ADJOINING WISCONSIN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OUT TO MID-LAKE- 100 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WATERS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREEN BAY...AND LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO SHEBOYGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT DUE TO HIGH WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TE WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 501 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 WIZ021-074-282230- NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 501 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY... AT 459 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILLETT...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHAWANO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... OCONTO FALLS AROUND 510 PM... OCONTO AROUND 520 PM... LITTLE SUAMICO AROUND 530 PM... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. EB/SRF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
509 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MONICO 45.54N 89.11W
08/28/2007 ONEIDA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPROX DOZEN TREES BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN PELICAN LAKE AND
MONICO.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 WIZ020-031-035>039-045-048-049-282300- MENOMINEE-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA- WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- 520 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE QUICKLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FOX VALLEY BETWEEN 600 PM AND 630 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM. JKL WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
542 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM TSTM WND DMG ATHELSTANE 45.43N 88.09W
08/28/2007 MARINETTE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0507 PM TSTM WND DMG AMBERG 45.50N 88.00W
08/28/2007 MARINETTE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CRIVITZ 45.23N 88.01W
08/28/2007 MARINETTE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
KURIMSKISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 555 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 WIZ022-038>040-048>050-282315- DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...OSHKOSH... CHILTON AND TWO RIVERS 555 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 ...GUST FRONT FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED A GUST FRONT THAT IS MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS. THE GUST FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OVER GREEN BAY AND THE FOX CITIES BY 610 PM...THE DOOR COUNTY SHORELINE BY 615 PM...AND KEWAUNEE AFTER 630 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM. JKL WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
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</html>The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.
3 marine thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Lake Michigan in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather history
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 54948, 54950, 54949.