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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 4, 2005Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 4:37 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 5:03 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, WI, Oneida County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 042138
TORGRB
WIC069-085-042200-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0008.050604T2137Z-050604T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  ONEIDA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOMAHAWK...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 5 MILES 
  WEST OF MERRILL. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRADLEY AND HEAFFORD JUNCTION BY 445 PM...
  HARSHAW BY 500 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.

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

LAT...LON 4518 9003 4517 8974 4582 8939 4582 9000

$$

ECKBERG
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 042147
SVSGRB

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

WIC069-085-042200-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050604T2200Z/
ONEIDA WI-LINCOLN WI-
447 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN AND
ONEIDA COUNTIES...

AT 444 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADLEY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF
RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WILLOW RESERVOIR BY 500 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.

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

LAT...LON 4518 9003 4517 8974 4582 8939 4582 9000

$$

KALLAS
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 042203
SVSGRB

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

WIC069-085-042213-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050604T2200Z/
ONEIDA WI-LINCOLN WI-
503 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN AND ONEIDA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500
PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT.

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

LAT...LON 4518 9003 4517 8974 4582 8939 4582 9000

$$

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, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara32 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, 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

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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.