Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2006, 5:17 PM CDT for Calumet County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 24, 2006, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Calumet County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 N Chilton, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 242217 TORGRB WIC015-242245- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0008.060624T2217Z-060624T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 517 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CALUMET COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHILTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APPLETON... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ST JOHN BY 535 PM... HILBERT AND FOREST JUNCTION BY 540 PM... POTTER BY 545 PM... THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO. WINDS CAN EXCEED 60 MPH IN A WATERSPOUT. IF YOU SEE A WATERSPOUT...MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. IF THE WATERSPOUT REACHES SHORE...DAMAGING WINDS COULD AFFECT STRUCTURES ON LAND. IF INSIDE A BUILDING...MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4421 8832 4403 8832 4401 8804 4422 8805 $$ KALLAS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 242229 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 528 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 WIC015-242245- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060624T2245Z/ CALUMET WI- 528 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY... AT 523 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HILBERT AND ST JOHN BY 535 PM... FOREST JUNCTION BY 540 PM... POTTER BY 545 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO. WINDS CAN EXCEED 60 MPH IN A WATERSPOUT. IF YOU SEE A WATERSPOUT... MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. IF THE WATERSPOUT REACHES SHORE...DAMAGING WINDS COULD AFFECT STRUCTURES ON LAND. IF INSIDE A BUILDING...MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4421 8832 4402 8837 4401 8804 4422 8805 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 242237 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 536 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 WIC015-242245- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060624T2245Z/ CALUMET WI- 536 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CALUMET COUNTY... AT 531 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HILBERT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APPLETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE WINNEBAGO. WINDS CAN EXCEED 60 MPH IN A WATERSPOUT. IF YOU SEE A WATERSPOUT... MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. IF THE WATERSPOUT REACHES SHORE...DAMAGING WINDS COULD AFFECT STRUCTURES ON LAND. IF INSIDE A BUILDING...MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4421 8832 4402 8837 4401 8804 4422 8805 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 242244 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 544 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 WIC015-242254- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060624T2245Z/ CALUMET WI- 544 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALUMET COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 700 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4421 8832 4402 8837 4401 8804 4422 8805 $$ KALLAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Oconto | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Wood | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 94 min | |
| Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 47 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 89 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 60 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.