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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 042306 TORGRB WIC073-042330- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0010.050604T2306Z-050604T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 606 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 602 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDGAR...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARATHON CITY BY 615 PM... LITTLE CHICAGO AND HAMBURG BY 625 PM... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. LAT...LON 4486 9011 4479 8988 4512 8965 4512 8996 $$ KALLAS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042316 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 614 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC073-042330- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ MARATHON WI- 614 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR MARATHON COUNTY... AT 610 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIB FALLS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SECOND TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS NORTHEAST OF ATHENS. THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE CHICAGO BY 625 PM... HAMBURG BY 630 PM... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4486 9011 4479 8988 4512 8965 4513 9010 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042323 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 622 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC073-042330- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ MARATHON WI- 622 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR MARATHON COUNTY... AT 619 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF MARATHON CITY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SECOND TORNADO NORTHEAST OF ATHENS HAD DISSIPATED. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4486 9011 4479 8988 4512 8965 4513 9010 $$ KALLAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 43 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.