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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 2000Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 13, 2000, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2000, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDTHail 1Brussels, WI
Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDTHail 1Rosiere, WI
Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDTHail 1Rio Creek, WI
Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDTHail 1Alaska, 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 132114
TORGRB

WIC029-061-132155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
412 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST KEWAUNEE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 455 PM CDT

* AT 412 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 NEAR BRUSSELS. THAT
  PLACES THE STORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STURGEON BAY. IT WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  FORESTVILLE BY 420 PM CDT.
  ALGOMA BY 445 PM CDT.

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO.

CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
IMMEDIATELY.

JKL/EB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette25 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette63 min
Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor28 min
Jul 13, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest40 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor50 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto32 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDoor25 min
Jul 13, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto53 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto35 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.