Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 5:52 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 18, 2005, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Portage County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGRB 182252 TORGRB WIC097-182345- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0031.050818T2252Z-050818T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 552 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMHERST...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BANCROFT BY 610 PM... ALMOND AND KEENE BY 625 PM... BLAINE BY 645 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4425 8970 4426 8924 4447 8923 4442 8971 $$ KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 182308 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 607 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC097-182345- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ PORTAGE WI- 607 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 606 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BANCROFT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KEENE BY 615 PM... ALMOND BY 620 PM... BLAINE BY 635 PM... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 4425 8970 4426 8924 4447 8923 4442 8971 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 182328 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 628 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC097-182345- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ PORTAGE WI- 628 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 623 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMOND...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLAINE BY 645 PM... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 4425 8970 4426 8924 4447 8923 4442 8971 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 182344 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 644 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC097-182354- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050818T2345Z/ PORTAGE WI- 644 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 900 PM. LAT...LON 4425 8970 4426 8924 4447 8923 4442 8971 $$ KURIMSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 39 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.