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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 18, 2005Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 18, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2005-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 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 2005-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 182336
TORGRB
WIC137-190015-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0032.050818T2336Z-050819T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
636 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAUSHARA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAUTOMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WAUTOMA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  REDGRANITE BY 645 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

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

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

LAT...LON 4397 8940 4396 8890 4423 8889 4423 8938

$$

KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 182350
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
650 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

WIC137-190015-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
650 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WAUSHARA
COUNTY...

AT 645 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REDGRANITE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
WAUTOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POY SIPPI BY 655 PM...
  TUSTIN...BORTH AND WEST BLOOMFIELD BY 700 PM...

THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE TO TREES 3 MILES SOUTH OF WAUTOMA AT 
635 PM. 

LAT...LON 4397 8940 4396 8890 4423 8889 4423 8938

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 190004
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
704 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

WIC137-190015-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
704 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WAUSHARA
COUNTY...

AT 658 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  
THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POY 
SIPPI...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF WAUTOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BLOOMFIELD BY 710 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4397 8940 4396 8890 4423 8889 4423 8938

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 190011
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
711 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

WIC137-190021-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050819T0015Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
711 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 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 4397 8940 4396 8890 4423 8889 4423 8938

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage53 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.