Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 3:12 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 18 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, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 042011 TORGRB WIC139-042045- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0005.050604T2012Z-050604T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 308 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE POYGAN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUPACA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ZITTAU BY 320 PM... WINCHESTER IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY BY 325 PM... LAT...LON 4402 8888 4401 8861 4424 8856 4424 8887 $$ ECKBERG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042025 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 324 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC139-042045- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050604T2045Z/ WINNEBAGO WI- 324 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY... AT 322 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF APPLETON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4402 8888 4401 8861 4424 8856 4424 8887 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042030 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC139-042040- /O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050604T2045Z/ WINNEBAGO WI- 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WINNEBAGO 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 8888 4401 8861 4424 8856 4424 8887 $$ 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, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 32 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.