Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:02 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Shawano County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 6, 5:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Pella, WI | A WEAK TORNADO /EF0/ TORE OFF PART OF OF A BARN AND SENT WOODEN PALLETS INTO A NEARBY FIELD. THE TORNADO TRACK WAS 25 YARDS WIDE...81 YARDS LONG AND WAS ON THE GROUND FROM 503 PM TO 504 PM. |
| Jul 6, 5:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Pella, WI | |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Shawano, WI | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034
WFUS53 KGRB 062202
TORGRB
WIC115-062230-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0003.150706T2202Z-150706T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
502 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 501 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMBARRASS...OR
9 MILES WEST OF SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR MARION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHAWANO AROUND 525 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LUNDS...PELLA...BELLE PLAINE...RED RIVER...THORNTON AND LEOPOLIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF ON OR NEAR SHAWANO LAKE GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE
CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND
SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4468 8880 4478 8886 4485 8857 4470 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 244DEG 20KT 4473 8878
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RDM2 follow-up statements
853
WWUS53 KGRB 062209
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
509 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
WIC115-062230-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150706T2230Z/
SHAWANO WI-
509 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...
AT 508 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PELLA...OR
5MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHAWANO...BELLE PLAINE...RED RIVER...PELLA...LUNDS...THORNTON AND
LEOPOLIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR SHAWANO LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4468 8880 4478 8886 4485 8857 4470 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 244DEG 20KT 4475 8872
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RDM556
WWUS53 KGRB 062218
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
518 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
WIC115-062230-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150706T2230Z/
SHAWANO WI-
518 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SHAWANO COUNTY...
AT 517 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER CIRCULATION WAS SOUTH OF SHAWANO JUST EAST OF BELLE PLAINE.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHAWANO...BELLE PLAINE...RED RIVER...LUNDS AND THORNTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR SHAWANO LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 4469 8867 4481 8873 4485 8857 4470 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 244DEG 20KT 4477 8866
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RDMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas | 82 min |
| Jul 6, 3:27 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRB | Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc | 19 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Portage, Waupaca | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Florence, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Shawano | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Shawano | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Oconto | 50 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.