Thunderstorms, in unstable air ahead of an upper level disturbance, produced hail and wind damage as they passed through Wood County.
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Thunderstorms, in unstable air ahead of an upper level disturbance, produced hail and wind damage as they passed through Wood County.
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 Jul 26, 9:47 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1047 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND... THEN MUCH COOLER EARLY NEXT WEEK. MAJOR AMPLIFICATION OF THE LNGWV PATTERN INVOF NOAM WILL OCCUR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS CLOSED UPR LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE LAKE WINNIPEG REGION SHIFTS E AND THEN TURNS SE. IN ADDITION TO THE RESULTING UPR TROF OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES RGN...ANOTHER LNGWV TROF WL BE OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST...AND A STG RIDGE WL BE ANCHORED OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THE DEVELOPING PATTERN WL BE VERY STABLE. ONCE IN PLACE...IT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD. BUT GRADUAL MODIFICATION OF THE COLD AIR WITHIN THE TROFS WL ALLOW THE FLOW ACRS THE CONUS TO WEAKEN...AND THE MAIN WESTERLIES TO REFORM BACK N ACRS CANADA. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS AT THE START OF THE FCST PERIOD WL QUICKLY BE REPLACED BY MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. THEN TEMPERATURES WL GRADUALLY REBOUND BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS AS THE COOL AIR ACRS THE REGION MODIFIES. THE BEST CHC FOR SIG PCPN WL BE EARLY IN THE FCST PERIOD...AS THE UPR LOW CROSSES THE RGN. BUT THE COVERAGE OF THE SIG PCPN WITH THE UPR LOW IS LIKELY TO BE SCT...AND THE GENERAL NWLY UPR FLOW THAT WL DOMINATE THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD FAVORS BLO NORMAL PCPN AMNTS. THE LACK OF PCPN ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS BECOMING APPARENT IN THE FORM OF BROWN LAWNS AND SLUGGISH GROWTH OF CROPS IN AREA FARMS. PCPN TOTALS FOR THE PAST 30 DAYS HAVE GENERALLY ONLY BEEN 25-50 PCT OF NORMAL ACRS MOST OF THE FCST AREA. OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS...THE MOST SIG PCPN DEFICIT HAS BEEN OVER E-C WI...WHERE PCPN TOTALS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN 25 PCT OF NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THE LATEST RAP ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOW A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND SURFACE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THIS SURFACE LOW ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP ALONG THIS TROUGH AXIS OVER THE CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA BUT THINK THEY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE BORDER FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH LOW STRATUS REMAINS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...CLEARING SKIES HAVE MOVED INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE MIXING HAS DROPPED DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S. AN AREA OF CIRRUS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OTHERWISE...THE FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL REVOLVE AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA. AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TONIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL RESPECTIVELY BY LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...MODELS DEPICT A RELATIVELY NARROW RIBBON OF HIGHER THETAE ABOVE THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION THAT MOVES INTO N-C WISCONSIN BY 09Z AND THE FOX VALLEY TO IRON MOUNTAIN CORRIDOR BY 12Z. WITHIN THIS THETAE RIBBON...MODELS ESTIMATE ELEVATED CAPES BETWEEN 500-1000 J/KG WHICH SUPPORTS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. QG FORCING WILL BE INCREASING AT THE SAME TIME AND PWATS WILL BE NEARING 1.5 INCHES. SO WILL SHOW PRECIP CHANCES IN THE LIKELY RANGE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE AND A CHANCE ELSEWHERE. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...SOME COULD CONTAIN SUB-SEVERE SIZED HAIL. EFFECTIVE SHEARS 20-25 KNOTS SUGGESTS SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. SUNDAY...THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE MORNING AND EXIT OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. BENEATH THE UPPER LOW...AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE IN THE MORNING. WET BULB ZERO TEMPS BELOW 10KFT WILL PROVIDE A THREAT OF HAIL WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORMS AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO APPROACHES SEVERE LIMITS. WILL KEEP THIS MENTION IN THE HWO. HIGHS COOLING TO THE MIDDLE 60S NORTH TO MIDDLE 70S SOUTH. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 PCPN WITH THE DEPARTING UPR LOW COULD LINGER INTO SUN EVE...ESP IN THE EAST. MAINTAINED CHC POPS FOR THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH IT/S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SOMETHING COULD LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT...THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR THAT TO DRAG POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE NIGHT. SINCE WINDS WL LIKELY STAY UP DURING THE NGT AND COOLER AIR WL FIRST BE WORKING INTO THE AREA...EDGED MINS TOWARD A BLEND OF THE WARMER GUIDANCE PRODUCTS. THE FCST AREA WL STILL BE ON THE CYCLONIC SIDE OF THE UPR JET MON...SO ANY SML SCALE DISTURBANCE THAT WORKS ACRS THE AREA DURING THE AFTN COULD EASILY GENERATE ISOLD-SCT SHRA. BUT WITH NO FORCING APPARENT ON THE MODELS ATTM...KEPT FCST DRY. IT LOOKS LIKE A DISTURBANCE WL DROP SWD ACRS THE AREA TUE...SO KEPT CHC POPS AT THAT TIME. SIG MOISTURE WL REMAIN WELL S OF THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE FCST PERIOD...SO THE PROSPECT FOR SIG WIDESPREAD PCPN DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. BUT THERE WL STILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCT LGT PCPN AS SML SCALE SHRTWVS DROP SEWD ACRS THE AREA. CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING THOSE CHCS DIMINISHES RAPIDLY AS ONE GOES FARTHER OUT INTO THE FCST. NO SIG CHGS WERE NEEDED TO THE BROAD-BASED EXTENDED FCST INITIALIZATION GRIDS. && .AVIATION...FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1040 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WI ASSOCIATED WITH A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ALOFT TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE SHOWERS/STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOWERING CIGS. KEPT THUNDER OUT OF TAFS AT THIS TIME GIVEN EXPECTED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS.......SKOWRONSKI SHORT TERM.....MPC LONG TERM......SKOWRONSKI AVIATION.......TE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-271945- 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- 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND LATE TONIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY....BUT IT IS VERY UNLIKELY ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-271945- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DENSE FOG WILL POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS AT TIMES TONIGHT...MAINLY ON LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES COULD RESULT IN CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT EARLY SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MPC/JS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1102 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WIZ005-010-018-030-035-270515- LINCOLN-MARATHON-ONEIDA-VILAS-WOOD- 1102 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IRON COUNTY TO NORTHWEST CLARK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF VILAS...ONEIDA...LINCOLN...WESTERN MARATHON AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1230 AM. HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. JKL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1202 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 WIZ018-019-030-035-036-270545- LANGLADE-LINCOLN-MARATHON-PORTAGE-WOOD- 1202 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY... AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU TO 24 MILES WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL...WINDS OVER 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PITTSVILLE BY 1215 AM CDT... RIB MOUNTAIN AND WAUSAU BY 1225 AM CDT... WESTON AND MOSINEE BY 1230 AM CDT... WISCONSIN RAPIDS BY 1235 AM CDT... STEVENS POINT BY 1245 AM CDT... IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. JKL
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:22 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and flipped a storage shed upside down, landing it next to another shed. The damage occurred near Arpin, at Highway 186 and CTH-K.
A thunderstorm produced hail up to 2.25 inches in diameter as it passed through Wisconsin Rapids. Hail covered the ground and damaged at least 10 vehicles, denting them and breaking windshields.
A thunderstorm dropped ping pong ball size hail as it passed through Wisconsin Rapids, where an earlier storm had produced hail damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, July 2014
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: 536119, 536105, 536110.