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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2022, 4:59 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2022, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2022, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Portage County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Plover, WI |
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 15, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGRB 152159
TORGRB
WIC097-141-152230-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0003.220615T2159Z-220615T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
459 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022
The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Wood County in central Wisconsin...
Central Portage County in central Wisconsin...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lake Wazeecha, or near Wisconsin Rapids, moving
northeast at 65 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...
Whiting around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Amherst.
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 4425 8985 4434 8993 4468 8931 4468 8922
4442 8922 4424 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 236DEG 58KT 4431 8978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Kurimski1 follow-up statement
835
WWUS53 KGRB 152222
SVSGRB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
522 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022
WIC097-141-152231-
/O.EXP.KGRB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220615T2230Z/
Wood WI-Portage WI-
522 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD AND CENTRAL PORTAGE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and
a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for eastern Portage
County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central and northeastern Wisconsin.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Green Bay.
LAT...LON 4425 8985 4434 8993 4468 8931 4468 8922
4442 8922 4424 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 236DEG 58KT 4449 8940
$$
BerschThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Gale Watch | GRB | 12 hr | |
| Jun 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Shawano | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Oneida | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Vilas | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Portage | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 31 hr | |
| Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest, Oneida | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Portage, Wood | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waushara | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Menominee, Shawano | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Oconto | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto and 4 more | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown, Outagamie | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oconto, Shawano | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto | 69 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.