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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 13, 2005Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 3:12 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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 13, 2005, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 3:47 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Outagamie County, WI, Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 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 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 132012
TORGRB
WIC087-135-132045-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0030.050613T2012Z-050613T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
312 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
  EASTERN WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR NEW LONDON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF WAUPACA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUGAR BUSH BY 320 PM...
  SHIOCTON BY 325 PM...
  BEAR CREEK BY 330 PM...
  LEEMAN BY 340 PM...

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4437 8892 4427 8872 4452 8848 4463 8868

$$

KIECKBUSCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 132018
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
318 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

WIC087-135-132045-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050613T2045Z/
WAUPACA WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-
318 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WESTERN 
OUTAGAMIE AND EASTERN WAUPACA COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF NEW LONDON...OR ABOUT 16 
MILES EAST OF WAUPACA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUGAR BUSH BY 325 PM...
  BEAR CREEK BY 330 PM...
  LEEMAN BY 345 PM...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4437 8892 4427 8872 4452 8848 4463 8868

$$

KIECKBUSCH
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 132047
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
344 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

WIC087-135-132054-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050613T2045Z/
WAUPACA WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-
344 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAUPACA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 345 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF EASTERN WAUPACA COUNTY AND 
NO LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED 
TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IN 
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY WILL BE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALTHOUGH BRIEF 
TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4437 8892 4427 8872 4452 8848 4463 8868

$$
KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie57 min
Jun 13, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet34 min
Jun 13, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB91 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.