Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2000, 11:25 PM CDT for Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- Jun 8, 2000, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marinette County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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 3.5 | Middle Inlet, WI | |
| Jun 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Middle Inlet, WI | |
| Jun 9, 12:03 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Pound, 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 440 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 090439 TORGRB WIC075-090515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1125 PM CDT THU JUN 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1125 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 5 MILES EAST OF LAKEWOOD. THAT PLACES THE STORM 35 MILES WEST OF MARINETTE. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... HIGH FALLS RESERVOIR BY 1135 PM CDT. POUND BY 1150 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, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto | 25 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.