Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
145 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...MAIN FOCUS IS ON SVR TSTMS THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING.

COMBINATION OF MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG SHEAR AND DYNAMIC FORCING
WILL GENERATE SCT SVR TSTMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVG. EXPECT THE FOCUS TO BE PRIMARILY OVER C/EC WI AFTER
00Z. TSTMS SHOULD SHIFT SOUTH OF THE FA LATER THIS EVG...WITH A LULL IN
THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HAVE ADDED A CHC OF
TSTMS BACK INTO THE FCST OVER C/EC WI THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS ELEVATED
INSTABILITY NORTH OF THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WORKS ITS WAY BACK
INTO THE AREA.

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THRU NEXT WEDNESDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN
REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THE ECMWF IS STRONGER
THAN THE UKMET AND GFS WITH AN UPPER LOW PASSING TO OUR SOUTHWEST FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW ARGUES FOR GENERALLY DRY WEATHER UNTIL
THE UPPER FLOW FLATTENS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT ACTIVITY WILL BE SCATTERED. THE FRONT WILL
CLEAR THE AREA BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z...AND THEN IT WILL BE VFR THE REST OF
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

RDM
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1115 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

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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-
1115 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY
NIGHT AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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-
1115 AM CDT WED JUN 20 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE
BAY OF GREEN BAY...AND THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS ADJACENT TO DOOR COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF STURGEON BAY SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

KIECKBUSCH
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY