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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 10, 2016Outagamie County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT for Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 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: Jun 10, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Outagamie County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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
Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Mackville, WI	A WEAK, BRIEF TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED BY DUAL POL DOPPLER RADAR AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE NEAR MACKVILLE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TREE BRANCHES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 27.8

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The text

As transmitted.

639 
WFUS53 KGRB 110100
TORGRB
WIC087-110130-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0003.160611T0100Z-160611T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
800 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 759 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK CREEK...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  APPLETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  APPLETON AROUND 815 PM CDT. 
  KAUKAUNA...LITTLE CHUTE AND KIMBERLY AROUND 820 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENVILLE...COMBINED LOCKS AND MACKVILLE.

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 4424 8843 4432 8863 4440 8852 4432 8819
      4424 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 322DEG 24KT 4436 8850 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ECKBERG

2 follow-up statements

493 
WWUS53 KGRB 110109
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
809 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC087-110130-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160611T0130Z/
OUTAGAMIE WI-
809 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY...
    
AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED TWO MILES NORTH OF APPLETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  APPLETON AND LITTLE CHUTE AROUND 815 PM CDT. 
  KAUKAUNA AND KIMBERLY AROUND 820 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
COMBINED LOCKS.

LAT...LON 4424 8843 4429 8853 4434 8843 4429 8825
      4424 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 318DEG 20KT 4429 8840 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ECKBERG

972 
WWUS53 KGRB 110117
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
817 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC087-110126-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160611T0130Z/
OUTAGAMIE WI-
817 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4424 8843 4429 8853 4434 8843 4429 8825
      4424 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 322DEG 24KT 4424 8835 

$$

ECKBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Door	41 min
Jun 10, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		67 min
Jun 10, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie	49 min
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca	46 min
Jun 10, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		58 min
Jun 10, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown	39 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Winnebago	31 min
Jun 10, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		58 min
Jun 10, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		34 min
Jun 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Manitowoc	33 min
Jun 11, 3:47 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		24 hr

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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.