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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 7, 2007Langlade County, Menominee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:29 PM CDT for Langlade County, Menominee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Langlade County, WI, Menominee County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 7, 4:39 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Nw Neopit, WI	HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWN NORTH OF ZOAR.
Jun 7, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	White Lake, WI
Jun 7, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 3	5 W Langlade, WI	ONE TO THREE INCH DIA HAIL.
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 S White Lake, WI	QUARTER MILE WIDE SWATH OF DAMAGE OVER VACATION AREA. MANY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED. KAYAK DRIVEN THROUGH PINE TREE. TIME APPROX.
Jun 7, 4:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Langlade, WI
Jun 7, 4:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 S Langlade, WI	TIME APPROX.

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 PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 072129
TORGRB
WIC067-078-072215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0011.070607T2129Z-070607T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
429 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LANGLADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  MENOMINEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF NEOPIT...OR ABOUT
  11 MILES SOUTH OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE LAKE BY 440 PM...

A TORNADO MAY NOT BE OCCURRING WHEN THE WARNING IS ISSUED...BUT ONE
COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND GO TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

LAT...LON 4502 8923 4503 8897 4495 8897 4502 8851
      4538 8891

$$

KURIMSKI

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072137
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
437 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC067-078-072215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T2215Z/
LANGLADE WI-MENOMINEE WI-
437 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MENOMINEE
AND LANGLADE COUNTIES...

AT 434 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PHLOX...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELTON BY 445 PM...
  LANGLADE AND WHITE LAKE BY 450 PM...
  HOLLISTER BY 455 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 
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 4502 8923 4503 8897 4495 8897 4502 8851
      4538 8891

$$

KURIMSKI

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072154
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
453 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC067-078-072215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T2215Z/
LANGLADE WI-MENOMINEE WI-
453 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MENOMINEE
AND LANGLADE COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE LAKE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT 450 PM...TRAINED 
WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WHITE LAKE.

IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

LAT...LON 4502 8923 4503 8897 4495 8897 4502 8851
      4538 8891

$$

KURIMSKI

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

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072217
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
517 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC067-078-072227-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T2215Z/
LANGLADE WI-MENOMINEE WI-
517 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MENOMINEE AND LANGLADE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
515 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 4502 8923 4503 8897 4495 8897 4502 8851
      4538 8891

$$

HELMAN

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, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Portage	40 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.