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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2005, 8:02 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Outagamie County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 190102 TORGRB WIC087-190130- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0035.050819T0102Z-050819T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 802 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 759 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF BLACK CREEK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF WAUPACA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEEMAN BY 830 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. ANOTHER CIRCULATION NORTH OF MENASHA WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY NEAR APPLETON. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. LAT...LON 4459 8871 4425 8871 4426 8820 4458 8820 $$ KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 190112 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 812 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC087-190130- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0130Z/ OUTAGAMIE WI- 812 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR OUTAGAMIE COUNTY... AT 808 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBERLY...OR ABOUT NEAR APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FREEDOM BY 820 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4459 8871 4425 8871 4426 8820 4458 8820 $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS53 KGRB 190128 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 828 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 WIC087-190138- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050819T0130Z/ OUTAGAMIE WI- 828 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OUTAGAMIE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. 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, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 27 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.