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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2002, 10:43 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2002, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marathon County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 25, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Wausau, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 260343 TORGRB WIC073-260415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1042 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARATHON COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHENS. THAT PLACES THE STORM 26 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... HAMBURG BY 1050 PM CDT. LITTLE CHICAGO BY 1055 PM CDT. BROKAW BY 1105 PM CDT. NUTTERVILLE BY 1115 PM CDT. SUNSET BY 1115 PM CDT. THE STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REST OF MARATHON COUNTY. A TORNADO MAY NOT BE OCCURRING WHEN THE WARNING IS ISSUED...BUT ONE COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND GO TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREEN BAY. LAT...LON 4513 9024 4498 9022 4496 8948 4511 8946 KIECKBUSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 85 min |
| Jun 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 110 min | |
| Jun 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 110 min | |
| Jun 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 110 min | |
| Jun 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 110 min | |
| Jun 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 70 min | |
| Jun 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 72 min | |
| Jun 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 72 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 85 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 85 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 85 min | |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 37 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.