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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 042333 TORGRB WIC069-050015- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0012.050604T2332Z-050605T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 632 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 628 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF MERRILL...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK BY 710 PM... 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. 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 4515 9013 4513 8954 4555 8952 4555 9001 $$ ECKBERG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042348 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 645 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC069-050015- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0015Z/ LINCOLN WI- 645 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 641 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SPIRIT FALLS...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM THAT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRILL. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MERRILL BY 655 PM... TOMAHAWK BY 710 PM... BRADLEY AND HEAFFORD JUNCTION BY 715 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4515 9013 4513 8954 4555 8952 4555 9001 $$ ECKBERG
000 WWUS53 KGRB 050005 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC069-050015- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0015Z/ LINCOLN WI- 704 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 702 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMAHAWK...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK BY 710 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 4534 8993 4533 8950 4555 8952 4555 9001 $$ ECKBERG
000 WWUS53 KGRB 050015 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC069-050025- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0015Z/ LINCOLN WI- 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 715 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4534 8993 4533 8950 4555 8952 4555 9001 $$ ECKBERG
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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 18 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.