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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 8, 2000Forest County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2000, 10:48 PM CDT for Forest County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2000, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Forest County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 389 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2264 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
2264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
33.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 090349
TORGRB
WIC041-090430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1048 PM CDT THU JUN 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FOREST COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1048 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAONA. THAT PLACES THE STORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON. IT WAS
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  BLACKWELL BY 1055 PM CDT.
  WABENO BY 1055 PM CDT.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Marinette66 min
Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Marinette61 min
Jun 8, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette41 min
Jun 8, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor64 min
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOconto25 min
Jun 8, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette50 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor62 min
Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBDoor35 min
Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence39 min
Jun 9, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.