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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 14, 2000Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2000, 8:06 PM CDT for Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. 4 reports 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
Aug 14, 2000, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Oneida County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDTTornado F0Lake Tomahawk, WIBrief touchdown
Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELake Tomahawk, WI
Aug 14, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERhinelander, WI
Aug 14, 8:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EThree Lakes, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 150110
TORGRB

WIC085-150130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
806 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST    
  DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
  MCNAUGHTON.  THAT PLACES THE STORM 7 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER. 
  IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...  
  RHINELANDER BY 820 PM CDT...STARKS BY 822 AN GAGEN BY 825 PM CDT.  

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING.

JS/TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln69 min
Aug 14, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas63 min
Aug 14, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade67 min
Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln47 min
Aug 14, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon80 min
Aug 14, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano69 min
Aug 14, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood59 min
Aug 14, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca51 min
Aug 14, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie57 min
Aug 14, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago56 min
Aug 15, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago27 min
Aug 15, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Calumet65 min
Aug 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc41 min
Aug 15, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBMarathon4 hr

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.