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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 4, 2005Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 3:28 PM CDT
In force
32 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 041956
TORGRB
WIC137-042030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0004.050604T1956Z-050604T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
256 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 253 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR        
  AURORAVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POY SIPPI BY 305 PM...
  WEST BLOOMFIELD BY 325 PM...

LAT...LON 4402 8917 4400 8894 4422 8889 4424 8905

THE TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY.

$$

ECKBERG
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 042013
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
313 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

WIC137-042030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050604T2030Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
313 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR WAUSHARA
COUNTY...

AT 308 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POY SIPPI...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAUPACA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

LAT...LON 4402 8917 4400 8894 4422 8889 4424 8905

$$

KALLAS
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 042018
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

WIC137-042030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050604T2030Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR WAUSHARA
COUNTY...

AT 313 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR POYGAN MARSH STATE WILDLIFE AREA...OR ABOUT 16 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUPACA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BLOOMFIELD BY 325 PM...

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.

LAT...LON 4402 8917 4400 8894 4422 8889 4424 8905

$$

KALLAS
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 042028
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

WIC137-042039-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050604T2030Z/
WAUSHARA WI-
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAUSHARA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES
A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4402 8917 4400 8894 4422 8889 4424 8905

$$

KALLAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara33 min
Jun 4, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago44 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWinnebago18 min
Jun 4, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaupaca18 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon45 min
Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida26 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOneida38 min
Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon24 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon18 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLincoln43 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.