Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Green Bay, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Brussels, WI | |
| Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Rosiere, WI | |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Rio Creek, WI | |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Alaska, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Door | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.