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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 13, 2015Outagamie County, Wisconsin

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

TDH
2 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

$$

TDH
246 
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 

$$

TDH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood78 min
Jul 13, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood82 min
Jul 13, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon, Portage, Wood65 min
Jul 13, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara53 min
Jul 13, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano, Waupaca54 min
Jul 13, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage19 min
Jul 13, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago43 min
Jul 13, 3:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBCalumet, Outagamie, Winnebago2 hr
Jul 13, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB117 min
Jul 13, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie34 min
Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBPortage3 hr
Jul 13, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown45 min
Jul 13, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee43 min
Jul 13, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor87 min
Jul 13, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB94 min
Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln65 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida29 min
Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon38 min
Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette37 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Marathon, Shawano33 min
Jul 13, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade43 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon40 min
Jul 13, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette55 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Shawano27 min
Jul 13, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida33 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB59 min
Jul 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca56 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBKewaunee45 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB88 min
Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette50 min
Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 13, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWaushara51 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.