Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 43 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.