Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:51 PM CDT for Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2007, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oconto County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 5:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | Mountain, WI | ISLAND LAKE ROAD AND HWY 32. ON THE GROUND NOW NEAR HWY 64. |
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, 9.9 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
- 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 072151
TORGRB
WIC083-072230-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0012.070607T2151Z-070607T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
451 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT
18 MILES EAST OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TOWNSEND BY 500 PM...
LAKEWOOD BY 505 PM...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.
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.
IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
LAT...LON 4537 8867 4521 8867 4521 8863 4513 8863
4512 8848 4504 8847 4512 8818 4520 8818
4521 8831 4538 8831
$$
KURIMSKI3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGRB 072200
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
500 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC083-072230-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/
OCONTO WI-
500 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
OCONTO COUNTY...
AT 455 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKEWOOD BY 505 PM...
A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE
INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE AT A LARGE OUTDOOR GATHERING...REMAIN CALM. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
LAT...LON 4537 8867 4521 8867 4521 8863 4513 8863
4512 8848 4504 8847 4512 8818 4520 8818
4521 8831 4538 8831
$$
KURIMSKI000
WWUS53 KGRB 072212
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
512 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC083-072230-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/
OCONTO WI-
512 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
OCONTO COUNTY...
AT 508 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
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.
LAT...LON 4537 8867 4521 8867 4521 8863 4513 8863
4512 8848 4504 8847 4512 8818 4520 8818
4521 8831 4538 8831
$$
KURIMSKI000
WWUS53 KGRB 072226
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
526 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC083-072236-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T2230Z/
OCONTO WI-
526 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA.
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4537 8867 4521 8867 4521 8863 4513 8863
4512 8848 4504 8847 4512 8818 4520 8818
4521 8831 4538 8831
$$
KURIMSKIThe 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, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 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.