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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 6:09 PM CDT for Brown County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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 11, 2005, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brown County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashwaubenon, WI | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 11, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Green Bay, WI | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KGRB 112309
TORGRB
WIC009-112345-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0029.050611T2309Z-050611T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
609 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREEN BAY
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE GREEN BAY AIRPORT ...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOWARD BY 615 PM
SUAMICO BY 615 PM...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING.
IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
LAT...LON 4424 8817 4443 8819 4468 8807 4468 8807
4468 8798 4462 8801 4459 8798 4460 8802
4454 8799 4466 8774 4427 8798 4421 8806
$$
RDM3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGRB 112319
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
617 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
WIC009-112345-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T2345Z/
BROWN WI-
617 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR BROWN COUNTY...
AT 612 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 29 AND 41. THIS IS NEAR HOWARD...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SUAMICO AT 625 PM
LAT...LON 4424 8817 4443 8819 4468 8807 4468 8807
4468 8798 4462 8801 4459 8798 4460 8802
4454 8799 4466 8774 4427 8798 4421 8806
$$
RDM000
WWUS53 KGRB 112329
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
627 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
WIC009-112345-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T2345Z/
BROWN WI-
627 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR BROWN COUNTY...
AT 625 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
HIGHWAY 41 NORTH OF HOWARD. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. IT WILL REACH THE SUAMICO AREA BY 635 PM. RESIDENTS OF
SUAMICO SHOULD TAKE COVER. THERE IS NO LONGER A TORNADO THREAT FOR
THE CITY OF GREEN BAY AND THE SUBURBS TO THE SOUTH.
LAT...LON 4424 8817 4443 8819 4468 8807 4468 8807
4468 8798 4462 8801 4459 8798 4460 8802
4454 8799 4466 8774 4427 8798 4421 8806
$$
RDM000
WWUS53 KGRB 112336
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
636 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
WIC009-112346-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T2345Z/
BROWN WI-
636 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH OF BROWN COUNTY. IT NO LONGER
POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT IN BROWN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4424 8817 4443 8819 4468 8807 4468 8807
4468 8798 4462 8801 4459 8798 4460 8802
4454 8799 4466 8774 4427 8798 4421 8806
$$
RDMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Calumet, Winnebago | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Calumet, Winnebago | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Marinette | 82 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 64 min | |
| Jun 11, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 17 min |
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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.