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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 6:18 PM CDT for Portage County, Waupaca County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 10 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
- May 22, 2011, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Portage County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:27 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Bancroft, WI | |
| May 22, 6:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Wisconsin Rapids, WI | SEVERAL REPORTS OF MAJOR DAMAGE. TORNADO WENT THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS. LOCATION ESTIMATED. |
| May 22, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kellner, WI | |
| May 22, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Plover, WI | HWY 54 AND I-39. TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| May 22, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Plover, WI | BARN AND SILO DESTROYED NEAR 1049 COUNTY WEST RD. BARN DESTROYED NEAR 6487 ECKELS RD. BARN DESTROYED NEAR 169 STEWARD RD AND COUNTY RD BB. |
| May 22, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Plover, WI | |
| May 22, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Arnott, WI | |
| May 22, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Plover, WI | |
| May 22, 6:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Plover, WI | COVERING THE GROUND. |
| May 22, 6:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Plover, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541
WFUS53 KGRB 222318
TORGRB
WIC097-135-141-230000-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0022.110522T2318Z-110523T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
618 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WEST CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW ROME...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* AT 615 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND A
BARN MISSING IN NEKOOSA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUPACA...AMHERST...BANCROFT...PLOVER...KEENE...ARNOTT...CUSTER AND
BLAINE.
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 4439 8987 4458 8916 4434 8902 4424 8956
4424 8982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 252DEG 41KT 4431 8970
$$
MPC4 follow-up statements
128
WWUS53 KGRB 222323
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
623 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC097-135-141-230000-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110523T0000Z/
WAUPACA WI-PORTAGE WI-WOOD WI-
623 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...
SOUTHERN PORTAGE AND WEST CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...
AT 615 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A CONFIRMED TORNADO
ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF NEKOOSA. THIS TORNADO
WILL MOVE ACROSS INTERSTATE 39 BY 630 PM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AMHERST AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE BANCROFT...KEENE...
ARNOTT...BLAINE...AMHERST JUNCTION...SHERIDAN AND SCANDINAVIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4439 8987 4458 8916 4434 8902 4424 8956
4424 8982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 252DEG 41KT 4432 8964
$$
MPC219
WWUS53 KGRB 222333
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC141-222343-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110523T0000Z/
WOOD WI-
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4429 8965 4442 8973 4458 8916 4441 8906
4431 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 246DEG 48KT 4440 8946
$$
WIC097-135-230000-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110523T0000Z/
WAUPACA WI-PORTAGE WI-
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE AND WEST
CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES SOUTH OF PLOVER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AMHERST AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE CUSTER...
NELSONVILLE...AMHERST JUNCTION...PERU AND SCANDINAVIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4429 8965 4442 8973 4458 8916 4441 8906
4431 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 246DEG 48KT 4440 8946
$$
MPC949 WWUS53 KGRB 222342 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 642 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 WIC097-135-230000- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110523T0000Z/ WAUPACA WI-PORTAGE WI- 642 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PORTAGE AND WEST CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITING...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEVENS POINT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AMHERST AROUND 650 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE NELSONVILLE... SHERIDAN AND SCANDINAVIA. THIS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGE! 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 4447 8956 4458 8916 4441 8906 4432 8947 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 248DEG 45KT 4441 8938 $$ EB
030 WWUS53 KGRB 222358 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 WIC097-135-230007- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110523T0000Z/ WAUPACA WI-PORTAGE WI- 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PORTAGE AND WEST CENTRAL WAUPACA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST PORTAGE...NORTHERN WAUPACA...AND SOUTHWEST SHAWANO UNTIL 730 PM. LAT...LON 4447 8956 4458 8916 4441 8906 4432 8947 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 248DEG 45KT 4448 8912 $$ MPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 52 min |
| May 22, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 51 min |
| May 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 46 min |
| May 22, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 42 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 43 min |
| May 22, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 96 min | |
| May 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | Brown, Outagamie | 73 min |
| May 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago | 32 min |
| May 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 17 min |
| May 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Door, Kewaunee | 61 min |
| May 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Portage, Wood | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 84 min | |
| May 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 55 min |
| May 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Shawano, Waupaca | 34 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.