Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 7:48 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Winnebago County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 190048 TORGRB WIC139-190115- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0034.050819T0048Z-050819T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 748 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 746 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LARSEN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MENASHA...NEENAH AND NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO BY 755 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4412 8877 4406 8842 4424 8840 4424 8868 $$ KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 190101 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 758 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC139-190115- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050819T0115Z/ WINNEBAGO WI- 758 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 755 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENASHA...OR ABOUT NEAR APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR MENASHA THROUGH 805 PM. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR MENASHA. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADO WAS REPORTED...THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4409 8854 4406 8842 4424 8840 4424 8854 $$ ECKBERG
000 WWUS53 KGRB 190112 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 812 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC087-190130- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0130Z/ OUTAGAMIE WI- 812 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR OUTAGAMIE COUNTY... AT 808 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBERLY...OR ABOUT NEAR APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FREEDOM BY 820 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4459 8871 4425 8871 4426 8820 4458 8820 $$ KURIMSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.