SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1766 FOR SRN WI/ERN IA/NWRN IL...
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 627...
VALID 212256Z - 220100Z
THROUGH 0100Z...TORNADO THREAT IS POSSIBLE IN A TWO COUNTY WIDE
SWATH FROM MARQUETTE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES TO MANITOWOC AND
SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN. DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL
CONTINUE ALONG SQUALL LINE FARTHER SOUTH.
LATEST DATA INDICATES WEST-EAST FRONT FROM NORTHERN MANITOWOC
WISCONSIN TO SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...WHERE NORTH SOUTH SQUALL LINE
INTERSECTS THE FRONT. BEST COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL
SHEAR/INSTABILITY/LOW LCL HEIGHTS WAS IN THE VICINITY OF MARQUETTE
COUNTY WISCONSIN. BOWING SEGMENT MOVING 260/40 KNOTS MOVING INTO
COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS SHOWN INCREASING ROTATION IN THE PAST 30
MINUTES AS IT ENCOUNTERS MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT...AND MAY
PRODUCE A TORNADO OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
IN ADDITION...MORE ISOLATED CELL ALONG WEST-EAST FRONT IN FON-DU-
LAC AND SOUTHERN CALUMET COUNTY HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ROTATION AND HAS
TORNADO POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE.
..CRAVEN.. 08/21/02
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