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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 5, 1994Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1994, 4:51 PM CDT for Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1994, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado F2	Cooperstown, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRB 052151
TORGRB
WIC061-071-052230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
451 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN KEWAUNEE COUNTY...NORTHERN MANITOWOC COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN NORTHERN MANITOWOC
COUNTY NEAR COOPERSTOWN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWN OF NORMAN BY 500 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
ISAACSON
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	56 min
Jul 5, 8:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waupaca	50 min
Jul 5, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Calumet, Manitowoc	48 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Manitowoc	29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.