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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 29, 2008Forest County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2008, 5:26 PM CDT for Forest County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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: Jul 29, 2008, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Forest County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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
Jul 29, 5:28 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Wabeno, WI
Jul 29, 5:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Wabeno, WI
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Wabeno, WI
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT	TORNADO	Wabeno, WI	POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN.

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
Jul 29, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRB 292226
TORGRB
WIC041-292300-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0009.080729T2226Z-080729T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF CARTER...OR 10
  MILES SOUTH OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTER BY 545 PM...

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

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.

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 255DEG 24KT 4542 8882

$$

EB

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292230
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
530 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
529 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WABENO...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CRANDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WABENO BY 540 PM...
  WABENO AND CARTER BY 545 PM...
  BLACKWELL BY 550 PM...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG ROTATION WITH THE STORM. 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 AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 255DEG 24KT 4543 8878

$$

EB

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292233
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
533 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
533 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 530 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WABENO...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CRANDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WABENO AND CARTER BY 545 PM...

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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.

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 268DEG 26KT 4541 8876

$$

EB

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292239
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
539 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
538 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 534 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WABENO...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WABENO 
534 PM CDT.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WABENO AND CARTER BY 545 PM...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG ROTATION WITH THE STORM. 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 AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 268DEG 26KT 4541 8871

$$

EB

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292245
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
545 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
544 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 542 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WABENO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION NEAR WABENO.  
THE STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 32 NEAR WABENO

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION

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

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 264DEG 28KT 4542 8863

$$

EB

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292251
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
551 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
549 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 547 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNASO IN WABENO. ALSO 
ONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORED IN WABENO THE STORM WAS 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL FOREST COUNTY JUST EAST OF WABENO...JUST NORTH OF COUNTY C

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A VIOLENT TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 269DEG 29KT 4542 8858

$$

EB

000 
WWUS53 KGRB 292252 CCA
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
552 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

WIC041-292300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080729T2300Z/
FOREST-
549 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FOREST COUNTY...

AT 547 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN WABENO. ALSO 
ONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORED IN WABENO THE STORM WAS 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL FOREST COUNTY JUST EAST OF WABENO...JUST NORTH OF COUNTY C

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A VIOLENT TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4559 8843 4554 8842 4538 8842 4538 8890
      4542 8892 4546 8891 4547 8895 4549 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 269DEG 29KT 4542 8858

$$

EB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln	26 min
Jul 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Marathon	28 min
Jul 29, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Langlade, Oneida	40 min
Jul 29, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	25 min
Jul 29, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Oneida	38 min
Jul 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest	47 min
Jul 29, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Forest, Marinette	17 min
Jul 29, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oconto	20 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.