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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2005Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 8:53 PM CDT for Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 9:31 PM CDT
In force
38 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 110154
TORGRB
WIC015-139-110245-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0028.050611T0153Z-050611T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
853 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 945 PM CDT

* AT 848 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 3      
  MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH OVER LAKE WINNEBAGO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 900 PM...
  NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO AND NEENAH BY 915 PM...
  MENASHA BY 920 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

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

BOATERS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE BEFORE THE STORM 
ARRIVES. A WATERSPOUT IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS A TORNADO.

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING.

LAT...LON 4400 8862 4393 8838 4424 8820 4424 8852

$$

KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 110212
SVSGRB

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

WIC015-139-110245-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050611T0245Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-CALUMET WI-
911 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CALUMET AND
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...

AT 906 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LIKELY PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT.  THIS WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED NEAR 
CENTRAL LAKE WINNEBAGO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
OSHKOSH...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MENASHA AND HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BY 920 PM...
  DARBOY BY 930 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS. WATERSPOUTS THAT REACH LAND ARE TORNADOES.

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

LAT...LON 4400 8862 4393 8838 4424 8820 4424 8852

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 110231
SVSGRB

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

WIC015-139-110241-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050611T0245Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-CALUMET WI-
931 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALUMET AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A 
SIGNIFICANT THREAT. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4400 8862 4393 8838 4424 8820 4424 8852

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBCalumet, Winnebago45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.