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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 4:44 PM CDT for Portage 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
- Jun 5, 2005, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Portage County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGRB 052144 SVRGRB WIC097-052230- /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0022.050605T2144Z-050605T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 444 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STEVENS POINT * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 439 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITING...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WHITING BY 450 PM... STEVENS POINT BY 455 PM... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4430 8965 4427 8926 4463 8921 4465 8976 $$ KURIMSKI
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 052152 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 452 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIC097-052230- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 452 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 448 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITING...OR ABOUT NEAR STEVENS POINT...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4430 8965 4427 8926 4463 8921 4465 8976 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 052203 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 503 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIC097-052230- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 503 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 501 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JORDAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSHOLT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4430 8965 4427 8926 4467 8923 4467 8980 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 052218 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 519 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIC097-052230- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 519 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 514 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JORDAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSHOLT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4430 8965 4427 8926 4467 8923 4467 8980 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 052225 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 526 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIC097-052236- /O.EXP.KGRB.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050605T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 526 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4430 8965 4427 8926 4467 8923 4467 8980 $$ KURIMSKI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 330 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY. UPDATED AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH #407 FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY TO REFLECT THE NEW TORNADO WATCH. MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RADAR IMAGES FROM KARX SHOWING STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DAMAGING WINDS IS THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER CHECKLIST ALSO INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE WITH LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY NEARBY ALTHOUGH 18Z GRB SOUNDING INDICATING LCL AROUND 5000 FT WHICH COULD LIMIT THE TORNADO POTENTIAL. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LIMITED TO THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH SECONDARY SHORTWAVE WILL BRING A SECONDARY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. WENT PARTLY SUNNY AND NEAR GUIDANCE VALUES. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY CHALLENGING AND ACTIVE PATTERN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER WESTERN US EJECTING DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. DUE TO IMPENDING SEVERE WEATHER AND UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND WITH FRONTAL POSITIONS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...DID NOT ALTER THE LAST MAJOR FORECAST. .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT... WIZ005...010>013-018>021-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074 && ECKBERG/AUSTIN WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:15 AM CDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 515 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-061015- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA- WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- 515 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LINGERING SHOWERS AND CLOUDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO PARTIAL SUNSHINE ALLOWING FOR THE DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN ONCE AGAIN. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO KICK OFF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING MOST OF THE TIME PERIOD. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LMZ521-522-541>543-564-061015- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-THE ADJOINING WISCONSIN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OUT TO MID-LAKE- 515 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WATERS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO SHEBOYGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARE EXPECTED TO KICK OFF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. FOG IS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING MOST OF THE TIME PERIOD. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TE/BRUSKY WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ005-010-018-030-035-036-060000- VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE- INCLUDING EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND STEVENS POINT 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VILAS...ONEIDA...LINCOLN...MARATHON... WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. ECKBERG WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 340 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-052300- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA- WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- 340 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 407 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. JKL WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Shawano | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Oconto | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Shawano | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 54 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 85 min |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Shawano | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.