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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 26, 2016Brown County, Outagamie County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2016, 3:10 AM CDT for Brown County, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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 26, 2016, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Brown County, WI, Outagamie County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 497 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 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

791 
WFUS53 KGRB 260810
TORGRB
WIC009-087-260845-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0005.160626T0810Z-160626T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
310 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
    
* AT 310 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI...OR 13 MILES WEST OF GREEN
  BAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  GREEN BAY AROUND 330 AM CDT. 
  BELLEVUE TOWN AROUND 335 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ANSTON...SUAMICO...SEYMOUR...ONEIDA...ALLOUEZ...LEO FRIGO BRIDGE...
BELLEVUE...RED BANKS...UW GREEN BAY AND ASHWAUBENON.

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 4444 8838 4458 8837 4459 8834 4459 8824
      4460 8823 4461 8824 4468 8825 4468 8824
      4462 8824 4460 8822 4466 8793 4463 8793
      4468 8780 4439 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 263DEG 29KT 4454 8827 

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

$$

TDH
3 follow-up statements
252 
WWUS53 KGRB 260813
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
313 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

WIC009-087-260845-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160626T0845Z/
BROWN WI-OUTAGAMIE WI-
313 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BROWN AND NORTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTIES...
    
AT 312 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI...OR 12 MILES WEST OF GREEN BAY...
MOVING EAST 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...
  GREEN BAY AROUND 330 AM CDT. 
  BELLEVUE TOWN AROUND 335 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ANSTON...SUAMICO...SEYMOUR...ONEIDA...ALLOUEZ...LEO FRIGO BRIDGE...
BELLEVUE...RED BANKS...UW GREEN BAY AND ASHWAUBENON.

LAT...LON 4444 8838 4458 8837 4459 8834 4459 8825
      4460 8823 4466 8793 4463 8792 4468 8780
      4439 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 263DEG 28KT 4454 8824 

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

$$

TDH
421 
WWUS53 KGRB 260826
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
326 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

WIC087-260835-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160626T0845Z/
OUTAGAMIE WI-
326 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE COUNTY FOR THE
NEXT HOUR. 

LAT...LON 4443 8819 4458 8819 4458 8817 4463 8795
      4463 8792 4465 8780 4442 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 280DEG 26KT 4453 8813 

$$

WIC009-260845-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160626T0845Z/
BROWN WI-
326 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BROWN COUNTY...
    
AT 325 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN BAY...MOVING EAST 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...
  GREEN BAY AROUND 335 AM CDT. 
  BELLEVUE TOWN AROUND 340 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALLOUEZ...LEO FRIGO BRIDGE...BELLEVUE...RED BANKS...UW GREEN BAY...
ASHWAUBENON...HOBART...BAY SETTLEMENT...LAMBEAU FIELD AND NEW FRANKEN.

LAT...LON 4443 8819 4458 8819 4458 8817 4463 8795
      4463 8792 4465 8780 4442 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 280DEG 26KT 4453 8813 

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

$$

TDH
047 
WWUS53 KGRB 260839
SVSGRB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
339 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

WIC009-260847-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160626T0845Z/
BROWN WI-
339 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM
CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS SINCE A RADAR SIGNATURE OF A TORNADO WAS DETECTED OVER
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE AS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH BROWN COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4443 8819 4458 8819 4458 8817 4463 8795
      4463 8792 4465 8780 4442 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 263DEG 29KT 4453 8813 

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBVilas91 min
Jun 25, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas71 min
Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida66 min
Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas63 min
Jun 25, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBOneida6 hr
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Marinette47 min
Jun 25, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBLincoln5 hr
Jun 25, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade, Lincoln60 min
Jun 25, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie52 min
Jun 25, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown27 min
Jun 25, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBLanglade4 hr
Jun 26, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood87 min
Jun 26, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano and 3 more91 min
Jun 26, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOutagamie30 min
Jun 26, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc91 min
Jun 26, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB90 min
Jun 26, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB67 min
Jun 26, 1:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGRBOconto42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.