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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 11, 2005Brown County, Wisconsin

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.

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 11, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAshwaubenon, WINUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 11, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGreen Bay, WINUMEROUS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
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

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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

$$

RDM
3 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

$$

RDM
000 
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

$$

RDM
000 
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

$$

RDM

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 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, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB64 min
Jun 11, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto17 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.