Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 7:27 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2005, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 8:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 260028 SVRGRB WIC097-141-260115- /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.W.0088.050726T0027Z-050726T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 727 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEKOOSA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PORT EDWARDS BY 735 PM... KELLNER BY 745 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 4435 8997 4425 8995 4425 8953 4446 8962 $$ TE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 260051 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 751 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC141-260101- /O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-050726T0115Z/ WOOD WI- 751 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST WOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4446 8971 4426 8971 4426 8941 4447 8947 $$ WIC097-260115- /O.CON.KGRB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-050726T0115Z/ PORTAGE WI- 751 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 746 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BANCROFT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT... MOVING EAST AT 40 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 4446 8971 4426 8971 4426 8941 4447 8947 $$ TE
000 WWUS53 KGRB 260104 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 804 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIC097-260114- /O.CAN.KGRB.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-050726T0115Z/ PORTAGE WI- 804 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4446 8971 4426 8971 4426 8941 4447 8947 $$ TE
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 Jul 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 330 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LARGE SCALE PATTERN ACRS THE CONUS WAS INITIALLY DOMINATED BY LARGE UPR RIDGE...WITH FAIRLY STG BAND OF WESTERLIES OVER THE NRN TIER OF STATES. THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE WL SHIFT SWD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS BROAD UPR TROF DEVELOPS OVER THE NRN STATES DURING THE WORK WK. DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE FCST CYCLE...EXPECT THE TROF TO SHIFT EWD AND FILL...WITH THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE TO SHIFT BACK INTO THE DESERT SW. THE PATTERN SHOULD FLATTEN AGAIN BY NEXT WEEKEND...WITH HEIGHTS ACRS THE FCST AREA RISING AND THE WESTERLIES RETREATING NWD INTO CANADA. EXPECT A SIG PCPN EVENT TNGT INTO TUE AS IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS FOR THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER ACT ON VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR JUST S OF THE AREA. THEN EXPECT A PERIOD OF COOLER AND LESS HUMID WX FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WK. THERE WL BE ANOTHER CHC OF PCPN AS A SECONDARY COOL FRONT WORKS ACRS THE AREA...BUT WITH MUCH LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH DON/T EXPECT MORE THAN SCT PCPN. TEMPS AND HUMIDITIES THEN EXPECTED TO INCR AGAIN GOING INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS UPR HEIGHTS RISE AS THE WESTERLIES RETREAT NWD AGAIN. THERE COULD BE A CHC OF PCPN DURING THE WEEKEND...BUT CHC DID NOT LOOK GREAT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE FCST AREA AT THIS POINT. .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WARM FRONT REMAINS SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MADE IT INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S AT MOST PLACES AWAY FROM THE LAKE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. WILL WORD THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AS COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS MINNESOTA/IOWA MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS EVENING. DID HIGHLIGHT HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN THE ZONES BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS AREA UNDER A MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT. DO THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME STREET FLOODING WITH THE LOCALLY HEAVIER STORMS. WITH STORMS BEING ELEVATED...CONFIDENCE NOT AS HIGH TO WARRANT MENTION IN THE ZONES. DID INCLUDE THE SLIGHT POTENTIAL IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS. CURRENT GUIDANCE VERY SIMILIAR AND FOLLOWED. .LONG TERM...TUE NGT THROUGH NEXT MON. DRY WX EXPECTED TUE NGT AND WED. SECONDARY FRONT WL BRING A CHC OF PCPN TO THE N WED NGT...AND ACRS THE AREA THU. CHC COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING OVER THE SE PART OF THE FCST AREA...BUT GIVEN THE LOW CHC OF PCPN...DID NOT WANT TO CARRY CHC FOR SEVERAL PERIODS. ALTHOUGH READINGS WL BE COOLER FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WK...READINGS SHOULD STILL BE NR NORMAL. READINGS SHOULD WARM BACK TO ABV NORMAL FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. MODELS STILL HINT THAT A FRONT COULD DROP INTO THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND...BUT TREND SEEMED TO BE TO BUILD UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS. PATTERN SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE WERE IN A COUPLE WKS BACK WHEN WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING PCPN. PREFERRED TO LEAVE THE LATTER PART OF THE FCST PCPN FREE UNTIL THERE IS STRONGER SUPPORT FOR PCPN. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ECKBERG/SKOWRONSKI WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 11:45 AM CDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-261645- 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- 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MERRILL TO GILLS ROCK. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING AN END TO THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER AS MUCH COOLER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-564-261645- 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- 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION. COOLER AIR ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND GUSTY WILL CAUSE WILL CAUSE ROUGH SEAS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. ECKBERG WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 455 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIZ018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048>050-074-260500- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON- SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON AND TWO RIVERS 455 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 682 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... LINCOLN LANGLADE OCONTO MENOMINEE MARATHON SHAWANO WOOD PORTAGE WAUPACA OUTAGAMIE BROWN WAUSHARA OUTAGAMIE WINNEBAGO CALUMET MANITOWOC KALLAS WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:50 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 650 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 WIZ018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048>050-074-260500- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON- SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- 650 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 682 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... LINCOLN LANGLADE OCONTO MENOMINEE MARATHON SHAWANO WOOD PORTAGE WAUPACA OUTAGAMIE BROWN WAUSHARA OUTAGAMIE WINNEBAGO CALUMET MANITOWOC WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 93 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.