Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2007, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Portage County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Plover, WI | |
| Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Stevens Point, 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 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 072126 RRA TORGRB WIC097-072230- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0010.070607T2126Z-070607T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 426 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 422 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITING...OR ABOUT NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WHITING AND STEVENS POINT BY 445 PM... AMHERST BY 500 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4448 8972 4467 8922 4425 8923 4425 8973 $$ KALLAS
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRB 072137 RRA SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 437 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC097-072230- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 437 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 434 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WHITING...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JORDAN AND STOCKTON BY 445 PM... ELLIS AND POLONIA BY 450 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAT...LON 4467 8967 4467 8922 4425 8923 4425 8973 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 072143 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 441 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC097-072230- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 441 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 439 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR PLOVER. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEVENS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELLIS AND POLONIA BY 450 PM... ROSHOLT BY 455 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAT...LON 4467 8967 4467 8922 4425 8923 4425 8973 $$ KALLAS
000 WWUS53 KGRB 072147 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 445 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC097-072230- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 445 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY... AT 443 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTY LINE ON HIGHWAY 54. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN STEVENS POINT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELLIS AND POLONIA BY 450 PM... ROSHOLT BY 455 PM... LAT...LON 4467 8967 4467 8922 4425 8923 4425 8973 $$
000 WWUS53 KGRB 072206 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 506 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 WIC097-072216- /O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/ PORTAGE WI- 506 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4467 8967 4467 8922 4425 8923 4425 8973 $$ KALLAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 73 min | |
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Winnebago | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 22 min |
| Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | GRB | 85 min | |
| Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 61 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.