Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006

Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 28, 2006Brown County, Outagamie County, Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2006, 1:21 AM CDT for Brown County, Outagamie County, Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2006, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Shawano County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wnw Green Bay, WI10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 280621
TORGRB
WIC009-087-115-280645-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0004.060528T0621Z-060528T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
121 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
  OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
  SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 119 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PULASKI...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANSTON AND FLINTVILLE BY 130 AM...
  SUAMICO AND HOWARD BY 135 AM...

LAT...LON 4472 8835 4471 8824 4467 8823 4468 8798
      4467 8798 4465 8801 4464 8799 4466 8774
      4465 8777 4448 8777 4455 8838

$$

RDM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 280629
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
127 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

WIC009-087-115-280645-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060528T0645Z/
SHAWANO WI-BROWN WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-
127 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
OUTAGAMIE...BROWN AND SHAWANO COUNTIES...

AT 123 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 
NEAR KUNESH...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOWARD AND SUAMICO BY 140 AM...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG ROTATION WITH 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.

LAT...LON 4472 8835 4471 8824 4467 8823 4468 8798
      4467 8798 4465 8801 4464 8799 4466 8774
      4465 8777 4448 8777 4455 8838

$$

RDM
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 280650
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
147 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

WIC009-087-115-280657-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060528T0645Z/
SHAWANO WI-BROWN WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-
147 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OUTAGAMIE...BROWN AND SHAWANO COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 145 AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS REPLACED THE EXPIRED TORNADO 
WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY.

GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4472 8835 4471 8824 4467 8823 4468 8798
      4467 8798 4465 8801 4464 8799 4466 8774
      4465 8777 4448 8777 4455 8838

$$

KALLAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood48 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida50 min
May 27, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood36 min
May 27, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon48 min
May 27, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Wood48 min
May 27, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBCalumet, Manitowoc59 min
May 27, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaupaca35 min
May 27, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon46 min
May 27, 11:38 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB97 min
May 28, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano41 min
May 28, 12:12 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB93 min
May 28, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon48 min
May 28, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano62 min
May 28, 12:48 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB57 min
May 28, 1:06 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB39 min
May 28, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie59 min
May 28, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB24 min
May 28, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown44 min
May 28, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee, Manitowoc47 min
May 28, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB89 min
May 28, 4:51 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB39 min
May 28, 6:56 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB64 min
May 28, 7:12 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.