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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 2:27 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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 10, 2005, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 3:26 PM CDT
In force
59 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 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 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 101932
TORGRB
WIC073-102030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0023.050610T1927Z-050610T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
227 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAUSAU

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO JUST SOUTH 
  OF WAUSAU NEAR ROTHSCHILD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  A SECOND 
  STORM NORTH OF WAUSAU...NEAR BROKAW...ALSO HAS A HISTORY
  OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. THIS
  STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.   

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTON BY 340 PM...
  RINGLE BY 355 PM...  
  
LAT...LON 4496 8976 4485 8971 4492 8928 4508 8928

$$
TH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 101946
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
246 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIC073-102030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050610T2030Z/
MARATHON WI-
246 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR MARATHON
COUNTY...

AT 242 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNSET...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF WAUSAU...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A 
HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4496 8976 4485 8971 4492 8928 4508 8928

$$
TH
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102000
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
259 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIC073-102030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050610T2030Z/
MARATHON WI-
259 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR MARATHON
COUNTY...

AT 255 PM...A LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN 
MARATHON COUNTY AT 40 MPH.  EARLIER THESE STORMS PRODUCED FUNNEL 
CLOUDS AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MARATHON 
COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECENT REPORTS OF TOUCHDOWNS OVER EASTERN 
MARATHON COUNTY.  
.

LAT...LON 4496 8976 4485 8971 4492 8928 4508 8928

$$

HELMAN
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102026
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIC073-102035-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050610T2030Z/
MARATHON WI-
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

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

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCE TORNADOES AND BRIEF 
TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE MOVE EAST OF MARATHON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4496 8976 4485 8971 4492 8928 4508 8928

$$
TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBManitowoc34 min
Jun 10, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood41 min
Jun 10, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon50 min
Jun 10, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood29 min
Jun 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Shawano65 min
Jun 10, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida46 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Manitowoc61 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade48 min
Jun 10, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMenominee, Shawano62 min
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara29 min
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto60 min
Jun 10, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca43 min
Jun 10, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaupaca26 min
Jun 10, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBManitowoc35 min
Jun 10, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano52 min
Jun 10, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie46 min
Jun 10, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Menominee, Oconto43 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB84 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.