Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2015, 5:28 PM CDT for Shawano County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
562
WFUS53 KGRB 062228
TORGRB
WIC115-062300-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0004.150706T2228Z-150706T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
528 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 527 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER 5
MILES SOUTHEAST 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL SHAWANO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PULCIFER...SHAWANO LAKE...ADVANCE...GREEN VALLEY...CECIL...
KRAKOW...ZACHOW AND BONDUEL.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4473 8854 4485 8859 4485 8825 4473 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 244DEG 21KT 4477 8853
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AK2 follow-up statements
200
WWUS53 KGRB 062240
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
540 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
WIC115-062300-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150706T2300Z/
SHAWANO WI-
540 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SHAWANO COUNTY...
AT 538 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SHAWANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CECIL...GREEN VALLEY...AND PULCIFER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GREEN BAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4475 8847 4485 8851 4485 8825 4474 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 243DEG 23KT 4481 8843
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AK576
WWUS53 KGRB 062256
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
556 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
WIC115-062305-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150706T2300Z/
SHAWANO WI-
556 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHAWANO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4475 8847 4485 8851 4485 8825 4474 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 244DEG 21KT 4481 8843
$$
AKThe 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, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.