Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT for Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 8, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oconto County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lakewood, 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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 418 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGRB 090407 TORGRB WIC083-090430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1105 PM CDT THU JUN 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1105 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS PLACES THE STORM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... TOWNSEND BY 1115 PM CDT. LAKEWOOD BY 1120 PM CDT. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Marinette | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Marinette | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Door | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.