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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 10, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 5:20 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shawano County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 10, 4:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGShawano, WITREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 102129
TORGRB
WIC115-102215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0026.050610T2128Z-050610T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHAWANO

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAWANO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED
  NEAR CLINTONVILLE.   

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHAWANO BY 455 PM...

LAT...LON 4468 8887 4468 8856 4482 8831 4485 8860

$$
TH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102158
SVSGRB

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

WIC115-102215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T2215Z/
SHAWANO WI-
456 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SHAWANO COUNTY...

AT 451 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THE 
STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF 
SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF 
TORNADOES OVER SHAWANO COUNTY...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS 
BEEN OBSERVED OVER SHAWANO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4468 8887 4468 8856 4482 8831 4483 8860

$$
TH
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102207
SVSGRB

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

WIC115-102215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T2215Z/
SHAWANO WI-
504 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SHAWANO COUNTY...

AT 500 PM...A WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD 3 
MILES SOUTH OF BONDUEL. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES IN 
SHAWANO COUNTY SO FAR.  THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 4468 8887 4468 8856 4482 8831 4483 8860

$$
TH
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 102220
SVSGRB

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

WIC115-102230-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T2215Z/
SHAWANO WI-
520 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHAWANO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 4468 8887 4468 8856 4482 8831 4483 8860

$$
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, 2:27 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, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBManitowoc35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.