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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 16, 2025Waushara County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2025, 3:07 PM CDT for Waushara County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 min. 3 reports 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: Jul 16, 2025, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2025, 3:23 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Waushara County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 16, 3:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	3 Ssw Wautoma, WI	Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 3 SSW Wautoma. AWOS station KY50 Wautoma Airport.
Jul 16, 3:12 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 46	3 Ssw Wautoma, WI	AWOS station KY50 Wautoma Airport.
Jul 16, 3:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Richford, WI	Multiple trees down.

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
Jul 16, 12:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

484 
WFUS53 KGRB 162007
TORGRB
WIC137-162045-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0013.250716T2007Z-250716T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
307 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Waushara County in central Wisconsin...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 307 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Wautoma, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Wautoma around 310 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Silver
Lake, Dakota, Richford, and Spring Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This Tornado Warning replaces the Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued
for the same area.

&&

LAT...LON 4401 8949 4412 8920 4398 8915 4398 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 239DEG 11KT 4403 8930 

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

$$

JLA

1 follow-up statement

101 
WWUS53 KGRB 162023
SVSGRB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
323 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

WIC137-162033-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250716T2045Z/
Waushara WI-
323 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAUSHARA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 the area. 
However, gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for central
Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4401 8949 4412 8920 4398 8915 4398 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 239DEG 11KT 4405 8925 

$$

JLA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Oneida, Vilas	67 min
Jul 15, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Vilas	56 min
Jul 15, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Florence	48 min
Jul 16, 2:48 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		34 hr
Jul 16, 2:50 AM CDT	Flood Watch	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marathon, Outagamie and 6 more	19 hr
Jul 16, 2:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Portage, Wood	3 hr
Jul 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	60 min
Jul 16, 3:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Waushara	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Waushara	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Waushara	38 min
Jul 16, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago	2 hr
Jul 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc	4 hr
Jul 16, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		63 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.