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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:24 PM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 4:59 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 102124
TORGRB
WIC071-102230-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0025.050610T2124Z-050610T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MANITOWOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANITOWOC

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 421 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALDERS...OR
  ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF MANITOWOC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VALDERS BY 510 PM...

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

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4409 8809 4393 8797 4406 8766 4430 8767

$$

KALLAS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102140
SVSGRB

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

WIC071-102230-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050610T2230Z/
MANITOWOC WI-
439 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR MANITOWOC
COUNTY...

AT 434 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST NAZIANZ...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF
MANITOWOC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VALDERS BY 455 PM...
  CLARKS MILLS BY 500 PM...
  CATO BY 505 PM...
  WHITELAW BY 510 PM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4410 8804 4394 8794 4407 8763 4431 8764

$$

KALLAS
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102159
SVSGRB

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

WIC071-102209-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050610T2230Z/
MANITOWOC WI-
459 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4410 8804 4394 8794 4407 8763 4431 8764

$$

KALLAS

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, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaupaca26 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.