A 43-year-old woman, last seen late on the night of January 10th, was found dead outside of a Green Bay tavern on the morning of January 11th. Temperatures during the time for which she was unaccounted were in the 2 below to 6 below zero range with wind chills mainly ranging from 20 below to 23 below zero.
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A 43-year-old woman, last seen late on the night of January 10th, was found dead outside of a Green Bay tavern on the morning of January 11th. Temperatures during the time for which she was unaccounted were in the 2 below to 6 below zero range with wind chills mainly ranging from 20 below to 23 below zero.
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 Jan 10, 8:50 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 850 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 NEW INFORMATION ADDED TO UPDATE SECTION .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 836 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 NO CHG TO WIND CHILL HEADLINES THIS EVENING. THE BEST OVERLAP BETWEEN WINDS AND COLD TEMPS WL BE OVER THE WRN PART OF THE FCST AREA OVERNIGHT...SO THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WL BE IN THAT AREA. /WINDS WL BE LIGHTER TO THE W...AND TEMPS TO THE E WL NOT BE AS COLD./ CURRENTLY MEETING WC.Y ADVISORY CRITERIA /20 BELOW/ OVER MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA...SO DESPITE THE SOMEWHAT ODD APPEARANCE OF THE ADVISORY COVERING JUST C AND N-C WI...IT IS WORKING OUT WELL AND WL KEEP IT GOING AS IS OVERNIGHT. ALSO FLIRTING WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA AT A FEW SPOTS IN E-C WI...BUT THE SITN IN THE E SEEMS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT AN EXPANSION OF THE ADVISORY INTO ERN WI. WL RE-ISSUE THE SPS FOR THE NON-ADVISORY AREA. UPDATED PRODUCT SUITE WL BE OUT ASAP. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY ISSUED AT 318 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 COLD AIR AND WIND CHILLS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS DURING THIS PART OF THE FORECAST. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN AS WINDS ALOFT BACK...RESULTING IN AN UNFAVORABLE TRAJECTORY. SOME CLOUDS FROM WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AFTER THAT...SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR. AN APPROACHING CLIPPER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT...SO ONLY WENT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND A SMALL AREA OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH THAT EVEN A 5 TO 10 MPH WIND WILL CREATE LOW ENOUGH WIND CHILLS TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. PROBABLY NOT VERY DEEP INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL STILL BE THE LOWEST OF THE SEASON TO OCCUR ON A SCHOOL DAY AND THIS WINTER HAS BEEN MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL SO FAR. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ISSUED AT 318 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 OVERALL BROAD COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH MID WEEK...BEFORE TURNING MORE ZONAL THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK. PROGS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON A CLIPPER SYSTEM TRACKING OVER MONDAY NIGHT. THE MID LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE STATE MONDAY EVENING AS A VORT SLIDES OVER FOLLOWED WITH A DEEPENING LOW OVER LOWER MICHIGAN LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PWATS ONLY CLIMB TO AROUND 0.10. EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MINIMAL...INCREASING WINDS AND POTENTIAL NEAR WIND CHILL CRITERIA POSSIBLE LATER OVERNIGHT. LFQ REGION OF AN UPPER JET PASSES MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA FOR THE BEST FORCING. NOT SURE IF ANY ONE ELEMENT OF SNOW WIND OR WIND CHILLS WILL MEET ANY ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT A COMBO OF ALL COULD. COLD AIR IS REINFORCED OVER THE AREA LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY FOR POTENTIAL OF WIND CHILL HEADLINES. FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...UPPER FLOW PATTERN GRADUALLY TURNS MORE ZONAL. POTENTIAL PASSING JETLETS WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS AND SMALL PCPN CHANCES THROUGH THIS PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MODIFY TO NEAR NORMAL LATE THIS WEEK AS THE UPPER FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHWEST. BIG DIFFERENCES WITH THE PATTERN REMAIN FOR NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE GFS MORE DOMINATE WITH A NORTHERN STREAM LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHILE THE ECMWF FAVORING A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM. AS FAR AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW...PERIODS OF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL WI. HOWEVER THE MORE SOUTH ECMWF PRODUCES A PERIOD EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR POSSIBLE LONG DURATION LES ACTIVITY ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. && .AVIATION...FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 511 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 COLD AIR WL DOMINATE THE WX ACRS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. WINDS WL EASE UP TNGT. CLOUDINESS AND SOME FLURRIES OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WL AFFECT N-C WI EARLY TNGT...UNTIL THE FLOW BACKS MORE WLY. THAT COULD RESULT IN BRIEF MVFR CIGS AT RHI. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR WIZ005-010-011-018- 019-030-035-036-045. && UPDATE.........SKOWRONSKI SHORT TERM.....MG LONG TERM......TDH AVIATION.......SKOWRONSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 320 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-112130- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 320 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SUB-ZERO LOW TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE ARCTIC AIR IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SUB-ZERO LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE COMMON...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND TEENS THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE A SLIGHT MODERATION IS NOTED LATE IN THE WEEK. WIND CHILL VALUES COULD AGAIN APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A CLIPPER SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE AN INCH OR TWO OF FLUFFY SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...THEREBY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-112130- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 320 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE NEAR DEATHS DOOR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR DEATHS DOOR. MG/TDH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 903 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 WIZ012-013-020>022-031-037>040-048>050-073-074-111100- FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN- KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 903 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...LOW WIND CHILLS LIKELY THROUGH MID-MORNING MONDAY... COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE OVERNIGHT...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH MID-MORNING MONDAY. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...WHERE WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ARE LIKELY. THE COLD WILL POSE A HAZARD TO ANYONE GOING OUTDOORS WITHOUT ADEQUATE CLOTHING. BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY IF GOING OUTDOORS TONIGHT OR WHEN HEADING TO WORK OR SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING. WEARING MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CLOTHING ALONG WITH A HAT AND GLOVES WILL PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. SKOWRONSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chills at Green Bay were generally in the 20 below to 23 below zero range from late on the night of January 10th through early morning January 11th.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Brown | 2016-01-11 | 43 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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