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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 7, 2007Shawano County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:09 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shawano County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMattoon, WIFEW TREES DOWN IN AREA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 072109
TORGRB
WIC115-072145-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0008.070607T2109Z-070607T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY
  DANGEROUS TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF WITTENBERG...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELAND BY 415 PM...
  BIRNAMWOOD BY 420 PM...
  MATTOON BY 430 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND 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.

LAT...LON 4469 8922 4468 8876 4494 8873 4494 8898
      4503 8896 4503 8920

$$

KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072119
SVSGRB

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

WIC115-072145-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070607T2145Z/
SHAWANO WI-
419 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WESTERN 
SHAWANO COUNTY...

AT 418 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. SPOTTERS 
REPORTED THE INITIAL TORNADO HAS LIFTED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  THE MOST 
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIRNAMWOOD...OR 
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MATTOON BY 430 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.

LAT...LON 4469 8922 4468 8876 4494 8873 4494 8898
      4503 8896 4503 8920

$$

KURIMSKI
000 
WWUS53 KGRB 072135
SVSGRB

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

WIC115-072145-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070607T2145Z/
SHAWANO WI-
435 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WESTERN 
SHAWANO COUNTY...

AT 430 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MATTOON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 4469 8922 4480 8900 4494 8873 4494 8898
      4503 8896 4503 8920

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:23 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more15 hr
Jun 7, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood58 min
Jun 7, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWood43 min
Jun 7, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas36 min
Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon66 min
Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWood44 min
Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon47 min
Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWood20 min
Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage40 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee46 min
Jun 7, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano33 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOconto39 min
Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette41 min
Jun 7, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano29 min
Jun 7, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara27 min
Jun 7, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOconto23 min
Jun 7, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB73 min
Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie, Winnebago43 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette22 min
Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementGRB85 min
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB61 min

Nearby

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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.