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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 7, 2005Lincoln County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 7:12 PM CDT
In force
45 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), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 072327
TORGRB
WIC069-080015-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0014.050607T2327Z-050608T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
627 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MERRILL...OR ABOUT
  19 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRILL BY 635 PM...

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4529 8993 4514 8991 4518 8946 4534 8954

$$

HELMAN
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072334
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
631 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC069-080015-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T0015Z/
LINCOLN WI-
631 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 626 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
MERRILL.  THE STORM IS ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMVILLE BY 700 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4529 8993 4514 8991 4518 8946 4534 8954

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072338
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
636 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC069-080015-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T0015Z/
LINCOLN WI-
636 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 635 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 
NEAR COUNCIL GROUNDS STATE PARK NEAR MERRILL. THIS STORM
WAS 17 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMVILLE BY 700 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4529 8993 4514 8991 4518 8946 4534 8954

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072356
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
649 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC069-080015-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T0015Z/
LINCOLN WI-
649 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN 
COUNTY...

AT 643 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 
1 MILE NORTH OF SWEDE ROADS NORTH OF MERRILL.  THIS STORM WAS ABOUT 
18 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4529 8993 4514 8991 4518 8946 4534 8954

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 080012
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
711 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC069-080021-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050608T0015Z/
LINCOLN WI-
711 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A ROTATING 
WALL CLOUD NEAR MERRILL HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A 
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING 
FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.  MORE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING LINCOLN 
COUNTY THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 4529 8993 4514 8991 4518 8946 4534 8954

$$

HELMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood34 min
Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waushara35 min
Jun 7, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln56 min
Jun 7, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest53 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBForest41 min
Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade52 min
Jun 7, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette61 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.