Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 4:19 AM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 13, 2015, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Outagamie County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534
WFUS53 KGRB 130919
TORGRB
WIC087-130945-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0006.150713T0919Z-150713T0945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
419 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 418 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK CREEK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
APPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
APPLETON...KAUKAUNA...LITTLE CHUTE...BLACK CREEK...ONEIDA...
WRIGHTSTOWN...FREEDOM...MACKVILLE...FIVE CORNERS...BINGHAMTON...
CHICAGO CORNERS...TWELVE CORNERS AND MURPHY CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4432 8849 4447 8846 4449 8819 4427 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 276DEG 39KT 4439 8837
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDH2 follow-up statements
343
WWUS53 KGRB 130933
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
433 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
WIC087-130945-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
OUTAGAMIE WI-
433 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...
AT 431 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KAUKAUNA...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREEN BAY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BLACK CREEK...FREEDOM.
LAT...LON 4432 8849 4447 8846 4449 8819 4427 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 276DEG 39KT 4437 8817
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TDH246
WWUS53 KGRB 130937
SVSGRB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
437 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
WIC087-130946-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150713T0945Z/
OUTAGAMIE WI-
437 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4432 8849 4447 8846 4449 8819 4427 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 276DEG 39KT 4437 8817
$$
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood | 78 min |
| Jul 13, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood | 82 min |
| Jul 13, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano, Waupaca | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 117 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | Portage | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Door | 87 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 94 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Oneida | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Shawano | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Shawano | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Oneida | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 59 min | |
| Jul 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 88 min | |
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 51 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.