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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:19 PM CDT for Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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°0°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 102120
TORGRB
WIC135-102145-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0024.050610T2119Z-050610T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
A TORNADO NEAR CLINTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTONVILLE BY 430 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PREVIOUSLY ISSUED.

LAT...LON 4459 8902 4449 8882 4467 8866 4467 8892

$$

TE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102127
SVSGRB

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

WIC135-102145-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050610T2145Z/
WAUPACA WI-
425 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WAUPACA COUNTY...

AT 421 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING 
DOWN NORTH OF SYMCO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED EAST OF 
CLINTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAWANO...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 440 PM...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4459 8902 4449 8882 4467 8866 4467 8892

$$

TE
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102143
SVSGRB

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

WIC135-102153-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050610T2145Z/
WAUPACA WI-
443 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAUPACA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

LAT...LON 4459 8902 4449 8882 4467 8866 4467 8892

$$

TE

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, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon59 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, 4:24 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

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.