Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 9, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Waushara County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 6:24 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Ne Redgranite, WI | VIEWED BY MULTIPLE SPOTTERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WFUS53 KGRB 092315 TORGRB WIC137-092345- /O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0005.130709T2315Z-130709T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 615 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF HARTMAN CREEK STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAXEVILLE...PINE RIVER...POY SIPPI...TUSTIN AND BORTH. 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 4418 8929 4424 8927 4420 8889 4405 8891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 286DEG 27KT 4419 8919 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ MPC
3 follow-up statements
984 WWUS53 KGRB 092322 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 622 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WIC137-092345- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130709T2345Z/ WAUSHARA WI- 622 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL WAUSHARA COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF REDGRANITE...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINE RIVER AND POY SIPPI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4417 8921 4423 8919 4420 8889 4405 8891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 286DEG 27KT 4417 8912 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ MPC
395 WWUS53 KGRB 092330 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 630 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WIC137-092345- /O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130709T2345Z/ WAUSHARA WI- 630 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL WAUSHARA COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF REDGRANITE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POY SIPPI. 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 4408 8891 4417 8913 4422 8910 4420 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 286DEG 27KT 4415 8904 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN $$ MPC
550 WWUS53 KGRB 092342 SVSGRB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 642 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 WIC137-092352- /O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130709T2345Z/ WAUSHARA WI- 642 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WAUSHARA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WEAK ROTATION AND THEREFORE...FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR. LAT...LON 4408 8891 4417 8913 4422 8910 4420 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 286DEG 27KT 4412 8892 $$ MPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Portage, Waushara | 25 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.