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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 6:35 PM CDT for Oneida County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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
- May 22, 2011, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:55 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lac Du Flambeau, WI |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.
145
WFUS53 KGRB 222335
TORGRB
WIC085-125-230030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0023.110522T2335Z-110523T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
635 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN VILAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAC DU FLAMBEAU...OR 19
MILES EAST OF PARK FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU...WINCHESTER...BOULDER JUNCTION...MANITOWISH WATERS
AND PRESQUE ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GREEN BAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4619 8933 4576 9005 4598 9005 4599 8994
4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 224DEG 33KT 4591 9001
$$
TDH2 follow-up statements
771
WWUS53 KGRB 222352
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
652 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC085-230001-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110523T0030Z/
ONEIDA WI-
652 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA
INTO VILAS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4619 8933 4591 8981 4590 9005 4592 9005
4598 9005 4599 8994 4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 224DEG 33KT 4602 8985
$$
WIC125-230030-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110523T0030Z/
VILAS WI-
652 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN VILAS COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT...
AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAC DU FLAMBEAU...OR 28 MILES EAST OF PARK
FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...BOULDER JUNCTION...MANITOWISH WATERS AND PRESQUE ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GREEN BAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4619 8933 4591 8981 4590 9005 4592 9005
4598 9005 4599 8994 4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 224DEG 33KT 4602 8985
$$
TDH334
WWUS53 KGRB 230026
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
726 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC125-230034-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110523T0030Z/
VILAS WI-
726 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN VILAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM BUT NO
OTHER OBSERVATIONS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4619 8933 4591 8981 4590 9005 4592 9005
4598 9005 4599 8994 4630 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 224DEG 33KT 4624 8955
$$
TDHThe 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, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca, Wood | 42 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.