Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 7:10 PM CDT for Forest County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 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, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forest County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGRB 080010 TORGRB WIC041-080100- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0017.050608T0010Z-050608T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 710 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 705 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES EAST OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLACKWELL BY 715 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. 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. IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAT...LON 4570 8894 4546 8885 4541 8844 4571 8845 $$ KURIMSKI
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 080022 RRA SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 722 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC041-080100- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050608T0100Z/ FOREST WI- 722 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FOREST COUNTY... AT 718 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKWELL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL FOREST COUNTY AT 740 PM IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. CAMPERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BEAR LAKE...AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4570 8894 4546 8885 4541 8844 4571 8845 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 080033 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 733 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC041-080100- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050608T0100Z/ FOREST WI- 733 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FOREST COUNTY... AT 731 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKWELL...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. CAMPERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BEAR LAKE...AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4570 8894 4546 8885 4541 8844 4571 8845 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 080045 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 745 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC041-080100- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050608T0100Z/ FOREST WI- 745 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR FOREST COUNTY... AT 744 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLACKWELL...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 4570 8894 4546 8885 4541 8844 4571 8845 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 080055 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 756 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC041-080106- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050608T0100Z/ FOREST WI- 756 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FOREST COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. LAT...LON 4570 8894 4546 8885 4541 8844 4571 8845 $$ KURIMSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Oconto | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Oconto | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 88 min | |
| Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 27 min |
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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.