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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 6, 2005Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2005, 4:11 PM CDT for Calumet County, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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
May 6, 2005, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2005, 4:42 PM CDT
In force
31 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2005-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 062113
TORGRB
WIC015-139-062145-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0003.050506T2111Z-050506T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
411 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  LAKE WINNEBAGO...OR EAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINNEY...BROTHERTOWN AND STOCKBRIDGE BY 435 PM CDT
  JERICHO BY 440 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.

MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING.

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES ESPECIALLY LAKE WINNEBAGO SHOULD GET OFF THE 
LAKE BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES.

LAT...LON 4415 8847 4396 8850 4394 8819 4415 8819

$$

TE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 062132
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
430 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

WIC139-062140-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050506T2145Z/
WINNEBAGO WI-
430 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4414 8840 4394 8841 4394 8819 4414 8819

$$

WIC015-062145-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050506T2145Z/
CALUMET WI-
430 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY...

AT 429 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER 
SOUTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO.  IT WAS LOCATED WEST OF BROTHERTOWN...OR 
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROTHERTOWN BY 440 PM CDT
  JERICHO BY 445 PM CDT

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND 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.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4414 8840 4394 8841 4394 8819 4414 8819

$$

TE
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 062142
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
439 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

WIC015-062149-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050506T2145Z/
CALUMET WI-
439 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALUMET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

LAT...LON 4414 8840 4394 8841 4394 8819 4414 8819

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee63 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago45 min
May 6, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet55 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette35 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.