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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2010, 5:52 PM CDT for Forest County, Langlade County, Oconto County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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 23, 2010, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Oconto County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 23, 6:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Pickerel, WI | STORM SURVEY WILL INVESTIGATE FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO. MULTIPLE ROADS IMPASSABLE BY BLOWN OVER TREES AND POWERLINES. POWER OUT FROM SPOON LN RD. ALONG COUNTY ROAD DD TO HIGHWAY 52. TREE TOPS REPORTED MISSING ACROSS HIGHWAY 52. |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Carter, WI | NEAR COUNTY C...TIME ESTIMATED |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakewood, WI | SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296 WFUS53 KGRB 232252 TORGRB WIC041-067-083-232315- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0008.100623T2252Z-100623T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 552 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN LANGLADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF PEARSON...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CRANDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARTER AROUND 605 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WABENO... TOWNSEND AND LAKEWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4547 8843 4526 8843 4529 8896 4549 8891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 285DEG 33KT 4538 8882 $$ SKOWRONSKI
1 follow-up statement
188 WWUS53 KGRB 232306 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 606 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIC041-067-083-232315- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100623T2315Z/ FOREST WI-LANGLADE WI-OCONTO WI- 606 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OCONTO...EAST CENTRAL LANGLADE AND SOUTHEASTERN FOREST COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTER...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANDON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LANGLADE...NORTHERN OCONTO AND SOUTHEASTERN FOREST COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LAKEWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4547 8843 4526 8843 4529 8896 4539 8894 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 284DEG 33KT 4535 8864 $$ SKOWRONSKI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 23, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 344 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT AND ITS INTENSITY ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN IN THE VICINITY OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY. AT 20Z A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST...ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...FROM A LOW IN THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD. A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS MN TODAY SO AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES UNTIL THE COLD FRONT AND SHORT WAVE PASS THROUGH THE CWA. SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THESE STORMS AS SBCAPES WERE IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG WITH LITTLE SBCIN AND THERE WAS SOME LOW LEVEL SHEAR THERE. BETTER POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WOULD BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WERE MORE IMPRESSIVE. ONCE THE FRONT AND SHORT WAVE HAVE PASSED...PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE BUT OTHERWISE NO WEATHER EXPECTED. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS PERIOD WILL BE TWO ROUNDS OF CONVECTION BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. FOR FRIDAY...WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR NORTH. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...THE FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL ROLL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BRINGING SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS. ON SATURDAY...BELIEVE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE EXIT NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE MORNING. HAVE KEPT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY...BUT LATEST WRF MODEL SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD BE CAPPED. HAVE STRUGGLED WITH POPS DURING THIS PERIOD AS I WANTED TO GO EVEN LOWER THAN THE CURRENT FORECAST. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE PUSHED SOUTHWARD DUE TO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. HIGHS ON SATURDAY ALSO TRICKY DUE TO THE STABILIZED ATMOSPHERE. THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE LATEST MEX GUIDANCE FROM THE GFS. HAVE TRIMMED HIGHS DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO. THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN THIS EVENT..THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTH. HAVE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES IN THIS REGION. ACROSS THE EAST... THERE IS SOME QUESTION WHEN THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WOULD OCCUR EITHER LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE BROAD BRUSHED PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR NOW AS LATER SHIFTS CAN FINE TUNE THE TIMING OF THESE PRECIPITATION EVENTS. BOTH EVENTS BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ON SUNDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THE MCS EXITS THE AREA AND HOW QUICK THE CLOUDS BREAK UP. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN NEXT WEEK... BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 06Z...THERE IS EVEN A SLIGHT CHANCE IN LAKESHORE COUNTIES THROUGH 12Z. SOME MVFR CEILINGS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AND PATCHY FOG CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS. ONCE ANY MORNING FOG BURNS OFF ON THURSDAY ONLY SCATTERED TO BROKEN VFR TO MVFR CU LIKELY DURING THE DAY. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MG/ECKBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 11:52 AM CDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1152 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-241700- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 1152 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND LOCAL DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...BUT HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE TO CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE STORMS MIGHT BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. LMZ521-522-541>543-241700- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 1152 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE STORMS MIGHT BE SEVERE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 349 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIZ010-018-232145- LINCOLN-ONEIDA- 349 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF TOMAHAWK. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TRIPOLI BY 410 PM CDT... TOMAHAWK BY 435 PM CDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 418 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIZ010-018-232200- LINCOLN-ONEIDA- 418 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRIPOLI IN NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TOMAHAWK BY 435 PM CDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SKOWRONSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:06 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 506 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIZ010-011-018-019-232245- FOREST-LANGLADE-LINCOLN-ONEIDA- 506 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING ACROSS SOUTHERN ONEIDA...NORTHERN LANGLADE...AND SOUTHWEST FOREST COUNTIES... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES WEST OF CRANDON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE JEFFRIS...ENTERPRISE...AND PELICAN LAKE AREAS...AND BE NEAR CRANDON BY 545 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. SKOWRONSKI
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
539 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0533 PM TSTM WND DMG ENTERPRISE 45.50N 89.25W
06/23/2010 ONEIDA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES POWER LINES DOWN
&&Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:43 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 543 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 WIZ018-019-030-031-035>037-232345- LANGLADE-LINCOLN-MARATHON-PORTAGE-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-WOOD- 543 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARATHON CITY... LITTLE CHICAGO... HALDER... MOON... RIB MOUNTAIN STATE PARK... RIB MOUNTAIN... PINE RIVER... MOSINEE... BROKAW... WAUSAU... ROTHSCHILD... MOSINEE... KNOWLTON... EVERGREEN... DANCY... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MPC
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
547 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0543 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE CRANDON 45.51N 88.83W
06/23/2010 FOREST WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES POWER LINES DOWN
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Oneida | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oneida | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 118 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette, Menominee, Oconto | 43 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.