Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2012, 7:20 PM CDT for Langlade County, Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479
WFUS53 KGRB 250020
TORGRB
WIC067-069-250045-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0003.120525T0020Z-120525T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
720 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LANGLADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 718 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
NORTH OF WAUSAU. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEARSON...DOERING...DEERBROOK...NEVA...KEMPSTER...SUMMIT LAKE...
POST LAKE AND ELCHO.
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 4547 8922 4546 8892 4538 8893 4538 8882
4512 8930 4512 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 230DEG 56KT 4509 8954
$$
TH3 follow-up statements
041
WWUS53 KGRB 250034
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
734 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
WIC067-069-250045-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120525T0045Z/
LANGLADE WI-LINCOLN WI-
734 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
LANGLADE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 727 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED A TORNADO
OVER MARATHON COUNTY IS NOW LOCATED IS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
MERRILL...OR 15 MILES WEST OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES IN LINCOLN COUNTY SO FAR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEARSON...DEERBROOK...NEVA...KEMPSTER...SUMMIT LAKE...ELCHO...POST
LAKE AND PICKEREL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 8922 4546 8892 4538 8893 4538 8882
4512 8930 4512 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 224DEG 56KT 4526 8937
$$
TH601
WWUS53 KGRB 250036
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
736 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
WIC069-250045-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120525T0045Z/
LINCOLN WI-
736 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4547 8922 4546 8892 4537 8893 4515 8937
4519 8942 4532 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 224DEG 56KT 4529 8932
$$
WIC067-250045-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120525T0045Z/
LANGLADE WI-
736 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LANGLADE
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF PARRISH...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ANTIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
LANGLADE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SUMMIT LAKE...
ELCHO AND POST LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 8922 4546 8892 4537 8893 4515 8937
4519 8942 4532 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 224DEG 56KT 4529 8932
$$
TH227
WWUS53 KGRB 250040
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
740 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
WIC067-250050-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120525T0045Z/
LANGLADE WI-
740 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LANGLADE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 745 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4547 8922 4546 8892 4537 8893 4515 8937
4519 8942 4532 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 224DEG 56KT 4535 8924
$$
THThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 27 min |
| May 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Oneida | 29 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.