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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 9, 2005Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:46 PM CDT for Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2005, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calumet County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 6:52 PM CDTTORNADO8 Ese Oshkosh, WIBOATER SAW WATERSPOUT LIFT OFF WATER SHORTLY AFTER 652 PM.
Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Oshkosh, WI
Jun 9, 7:14 PM CDTTORNADO4 Nw Stockbridge, WIWATERSPOUT FORMED AGAIN ON LAKE WINNEBAGO MOVING NORTHEAST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 092347
TORGRB
WIC015-139-100030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0021.050609T2346Z-050610T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
646 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALUMET COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OSHKOSH

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 7   
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINNEY BY 700 PM...
  CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 705 PM...
  STOCKBRIDGE BY 710 PM...
  NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 720 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS.

A WATERSPOUT HAS BEEN SPOTTED OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO 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.

BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE BEFORE THE 
STORM ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 4391 8861 4383 8839 4424 8806 4424 8845

$$

KURIMSKI
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 100000
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
659 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

WIC015-139-100030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-CALUMET WI-
659 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CALUMET AND
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...

AT 654 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LIKELY PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT.  THIS WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 
MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINNEY AND CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 705 PM...
  STOCKBRIDGE BY 710 PM...
  HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BY 725 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.

BOATERS OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE BEFORE THE STORM 
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 4391 8861 4383 8839 4424 8806 4424 8845

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 100014
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
713 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

WIC139-100023-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-
713 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE WATERSPOUT HAS MOVED OVER EASTERN LAKE 
WINNEBAGO. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4388 8840 4389 8808 4424 8806 4424 8839

$$

WIC015-100030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
CALUMET WI-
713 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY...

AT 712 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BY 720 PM...
  ST JOHN AND HILBERT BY 725 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.

LAT...LON 4388 8840 4389 8808 4424 8806 4424 8839

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 100017
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
717 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

WIC015-100030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
CALUMET WI-
717 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY...

AT 716 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNDAS AND FOREST JUNCTION BY 725 PM...

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.

BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE BEFORE THE STORM 
ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 4388 8840 4389 8808 4424 8806 4424 8839
      4408 8840

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 100021
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
721 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

WIC015-100030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
CALUMET WI-
721 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY...

AT 716 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

ANOTHER TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND EAST OF THE TOWN OF QUINNEY. 
PERSONS NEAR THIS LOCATION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4388 8840 4389 8808 4424 8806 4424 8839
      4408 8840

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 100029
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
729 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

WIC015-100039-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/
CALUMET WI-
729 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALUMET COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A 
SIGNIFICANT THREAT. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4388 8840 4389 8808 4424 8806 4424 8839
      4408 8840

$$

KURIMSKI

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.