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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:09 PM CDT for Oneida County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 5:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oneida County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 042209 TORGRB WIC085-042300- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0009.050604T2209Z-050604T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 509 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ONEIDA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 506 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WILLOW RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAZELHURST BY 520 PM... MINOCQUA BY 530 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 4561 8996 4563 8959 4588 8953 4590 8994 $$ ECKBERG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042221 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 519 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC085-042300- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050604T2300Z/ ONEIDA WI- 519 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ONEIDA COUNTY... AT 514 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZELHURST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MINOCQUA BY 525 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4561 8996 4563 8959 4588 8953 4590 8994 $$ ECKBERG
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042228 CCA SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 519 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC085-042300- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050604T2300Z/ ONEIDA WI- 519 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ONEIDA COUNTY... AT 514 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAZELHURST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RHINELANDER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MINOCQUA BY 525 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4561 8996 4563 8959 4588 8953 4590 8994 $$ ECKBERG
000 WWUS53 KGRB 042247 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 546 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC085-042256- /O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050604T2300Z/ ONEIDA WI- 546 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ONEIDA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR FAR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4561 8996 4563 8959 4588 8953 4590 8994 $$ ECKBERG
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, 3:12 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, 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.