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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 15, 2016Marathon County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 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: Jun 15, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 4:55 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Marathon County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WFUS53 KGRB 152138
TORGRB
WIC073-152215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0004.160615T2138Z-160615T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
438 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 438 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUSAU...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  NUTTERVILLE...SUNSET...HATLEY...RINGLE...HOGARTY...NORRIE...ANIWA...
  BIRNAMWOOD AND ELAND.

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 4499 8957 4505 8922 4482 8922 4483 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 265DEG 15KT 4491 8946 

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

$$

KIECKBUSCH

2 follow-up statements

362 
WWUS53 KGRB 152144
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
444 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIC073-152215-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160615T2215Z/
MARATHON WI-
444 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY...
    
AT 443 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RINGLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
WAUSAU...MOVING EAST AT 15 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTON...RINGLE...NORRIE...BIRNAMWOOD...HATLEY...ANIWA...ELAND...
NUTTERVILLE...SUNSET AND HOGARTY.

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 4500 8950 4505 8922 4482 8922 4483 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 259DEG 13KT 4492 8944 

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

$$

KIECKBUSCH

180 
WWUS53 KGRB 152155
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
455 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

WIC073-152205-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160615T2215Z/
MARATHON WI-
455 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MARATHON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4500 8950 4505 8922 4482 8922 4483 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 265DEG 15KT 4492 8937 

$$

KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Marathon, Wood	79 min
Jun 15, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	27 min
Jun 15, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Oneida	29 min
Jun 15, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Vilas	30 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	46 min
Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln, Oneida	30 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida	42 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln	41 min
Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	33 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Oneida	116 min
Jun 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	38 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Forest, Oneida	48 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca	65 min
Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	11 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Winnebago	45 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Oconto	52 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Brown, Outagamie	50 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Calumet, Manitowoc	47 min

Nearby

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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.