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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2006, 5:31 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 1, 2006, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2006, 6:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Door County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGRB 012232 TORGRB WIC029-012315- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0013.060801T2231Z-060801T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 531 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DOOR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 526 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF EGG HARBOR....MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EGG HARBOR BY 550 PM... THREE WATERSPOUTS WERE OBSERVED ON THE BAY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4507 8763 4490 8755 4502 8695 4523 8705 $$ JKL
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012237 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 537 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 537 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EGG HARBOR AND CARLSVILLE BY 550 PM... JACKSONPORT BY 555 PM... A TORNADO IS ON THE WATER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4508 8757 4494 8753 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012244 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 542 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 542 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 539 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO ON THE BAY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EGG HARBOR AND CARLSVILLE BY 550 PM... JACKSONPORT BY 555 PM... 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. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4508 8757 4494 8753 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012247 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 546 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 546 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 543 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN EGG HARBOR AND CARLSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JACKSONPORT BY 555 PM... A TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4508 8757 4494 8753 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012252 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 551 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 551 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 548 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EGG HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAILEYS HARBOR BY 600 PM... STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4507 8740 4495 8740 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012258 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 556 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 556 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 552 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EGG HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IS HEADED TOWARD JACKSONPORT. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING NOW CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4506 8733 4495 8736 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012302 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 601 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 601 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR DOOR COUNTY... AT 558 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. CAMPERS AND OTHERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. IF INDOORS...GO TO YOUR BASEMENT. LAT...LON 4507 8727 4495 8728 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
000 WWUS53 KGRB 012307 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 606 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 WIC029-012316- /O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060801T2315Z/ DOOR WI- 606 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOOR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE LAKE...NORTHEAST OF JACKSONPORT. STAY OFF THE WATER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4507 8727 4495 8728 4495 8702 4517 8702 $$ JKL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 51 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 96 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.