Thunderstorms moved into western Wisconsin during the afternoon and increased in intensity and coverage across central and northern Wisconsin as they encountered a more unstable air mass. The storms produced heavy rainfall and hail to nickel size as they moved eastward across the state.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved into western Wisconsin during the afternoon and increased in intensity and coverage across central and northern Wisconsin as they encountered a more unstable air mass. The storms produced heavy rainfall and hail to nickel size as they moved eastward across the state. Street flooding occurred in Neenah (Winnebago Co.), Clintonville (Waupaca Co.), and Stevens Point (Portage Co.) as a result of the heavy rain.
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 Jun 15, 4:44 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 544 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE E-W ACROSS CENTRAL WISC. CONVECTION OCCASIONALLY FIRES UP AND MOVES EAST. UPPER WAVE PRODUCING SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS SE MN AND NE IA. THIRD AREA OF LIGHT PRECIP WAS OVER NE MN ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE TROF/FRONT. PRECIP FROM ANY ONE OF THESE THREE FEATURES WILL AFFECT MUCH OF FORECAST AREA INTO THE EVENING. AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NW BEHIND THE TROF...RAIN CHANCES WILL END. SUNDAY LOOKS MILDER WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND WEST WINDS. SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO NORTHERN WISC BY AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. TEMP FORECAST THIS PERIOD A BLEND OF BEST PERFORMING SHORT-TERM GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 THE MAIN FCST CONCERN IS PCPN TRENDS SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY AND LATE NEXT WEEK...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST IN NORTHERN WI LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND MAY ACCELERATE SOUTH ALONG THE LAKESHORE DURING THE DAY. A S/W TROF WILL APPROACH OUR NW COUNTIES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... AND PASS THROUGH GRB CWA ON MONDAY. HAVE CONTINUED THE SLGT CHC/CHC POPS OVER NORTHERN WI SUNDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT... SHORT-WAVE AND DAYTIME INSTABILITY (CAPE IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG IN C/EC WI) SHOULD RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY BY MIDDAY MONDAY...SO HAVE BOOSTED POPS TO LIKELY IN PARTS OF C/EC WI. ISOLD SHRA/TSRA MAY LINGER INTO THE EVG HOURS OVER CENTRAL WI AND THE SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT... WITH A COOL AND DRY AIR MASS...AND LIGHT WINDS...LEADING TO CHILLY TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT. THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS IN NC/FAR NE WI MAY SEE READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S...SO PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE IF A FROST ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK...AND PERHAPS INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. GENERALLY DRY WEATHER AND A GRADUAL MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEK AS THE HIGH RETREATS TO THE EAST...AND SOUTH WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE SUMMERLIKE WEATHER CONDITIONS... ALONG WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 543 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 VORT TRACKING OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE STATE THIS EVENING WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF CONVECTION. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE WITH THE FROPA OVERNIGHT. THROUGH 04Z THIS EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS MORE CONCENTRATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE CIGS WERE MORE MVFR WITH ISOLATED IFR CIGS. SCATTERED MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH FOG EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH THE FRONT BEFORE VFR CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM.....JKL LONG TERM......KIECKBUSCH AVIATION.......TDH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-161945- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND AGAIN LATER NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-161945- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND AGAIN LATER NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MARINE FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE NEXT WEEK...AS SOUTH WINDS BRING HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. JKL/TSK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
322 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
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0320 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN 45.18N 88.48W
06/15/2013 M0.25 INCH OCONTO WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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BERSCHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 528 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 WIZ005-010-011-018-019-030-160030- FOREST-LANGLADE-LINCOLN-MARATHON-ONEIDA-VILAS- 528 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 37 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF RHINELANDER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK BY 545 PM CDT... WILLOW RESERVOIR BY 555 PM CDT... WOODBORO AND PARRISH BY 615 PM CDT... RHINELANDER BY 635 PM CDT... PEARSON BY 650 PM CDT... EAGLE RIVER BY 715 PM CDT... CRANDON BY 720 PM CDT... SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. TH
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
2 heavy rain, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced 2.72 inches of rain in Plover in less than 90 minutes, including 0.62 inch in the first 10 minutes.
Thunderstorms produced 1.5 to 2 inches of rain in Neenah over a two-hour period, resulting in some street flooding.
Nickel size hail fell south of Clintonville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2013
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 459724, 459721, 457849.