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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT for Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 10, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
45 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 10, 8:22 PM CDTWATERSPOUT 03 E Oshkosh, WITHIS IS A SECOND WATER SPOUT
Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDTWATERSPOUT 03 E Oshkosh, WITHIS IS A 3RD WATER SPOUT

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 110117
TORGRB
WIC015-139-110200-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0027.050611T0115Z-050611T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
815 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 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 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR
  OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WINNEBAGO BY 820 PM...
  CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 835 PM...
  STOCKBRIDGE BY 840 PM...
  NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 855 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND WIDESPREAD 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. A WATERSPOUT THAT MAKES LANDFALL IS CONSIDERED A TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4395 8862 4388 8839 4420 8813 4423 8849

$$

KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 110128
SVSGRB

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

WIC015-139-110200-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050611T0200Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-CALUMET WI-
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CALUMET AND
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...

AT 822 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TWO WATERSPOUTS EAST OF 
OSHKOSH OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO.  THESE WATERSPOUTS WERE MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 835 PM...
  STOCKBRIDGE BY 840 PM...
  NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO AND NEENAH BY 855 PM...

TWO WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A WATERSPOUT 
THAT REACHES LAND IS A TORNADO.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE WINNEBAGO...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND SEEK SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY WATERSPOUTS ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS TORNADOES.

LAT...LON 4395 8862 4388 8839 4420 8813 4423 8849

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 110142
SVSGRB

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

WIC015-139-110200-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050611T0200Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-CALUMET WI-
842 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CALUMET AND
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...

AT 836 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LIKELY PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO.  THIS WATERSPOUT 
WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO AND NEENAH BY 855 PM...
  HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BY 900 PM...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE WINNEBAGO...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND SEEK SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY WATERSPOUTS ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS TORNADOES.

A WATERSPOUT THAT REACHES LAND IS A TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4395 8862 4388 8839 4420 8813 4423 8849

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBCalumet, Winnebago38 min
Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood48 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida59 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca32 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas66 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown55 min
Jun 11, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano63 min
Jun 11, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Marinette82 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown27 min
Jun 11, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB64 min
Jun 11, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto17 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.