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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 27, 2000Marinette County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2000, 8:19 PM CDT for Marinette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 27, 2000, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Marinette County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F0Peshtigo, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

008 
WFUS53 KGRB 280122
TORGRB
WIC075-280145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
819 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST MARINETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WEAK TORNADO LOCATED
  NEAR PESHTIGO. THAT PLACES THE STORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  MARINETTE. IT WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...  
  PESHTIGO. 

AT 810 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
PESHTIGO. THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN ONCE AND COULD 
DO SO AGAIN.

THIS TYPE OF TORNADO IS TYPICALLY WEAK AND SHORT-LIVED. HOWEVER...IF
THE TORNADO IS MOVING TOWARD YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KENNEDY

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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.