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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 30, 2002Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2002, 7:44 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2002, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shawano County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2002-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
3877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

044 
WFUS53 KGRB 310044 RRA
TORGRB
WIC115-310130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
744 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD LOCATED NEAR RINGLE. THAT PLACES THE STORM
  15 MILES SOUTH OF ANTIGO. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SHEPLEY BY 750 PM CDT.
  MATTOON BY 755 PM CDT.

THE STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4501 8921 4470 8918 4472 8889 4502 8902

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood63 min
Jul 30, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade59 min
Jul 30, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln32 min
Jul 30, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln35 min
Jul 30, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee42 min
Jul 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto49 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 30, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano49 min
Jul 30, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara46 min
Jul 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Vilas44 min
Jul 30, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago39 min
Jul 30, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie34 min
Jul 30, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet43 min
Jul 30, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB95 min
Jul 30, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB95 min
Jul 30, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Manitowoc46 min
Jul 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor32 min
Jul 31, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida, Vilas58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.