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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 15, 2025Portage County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2025, 6:16 PM CDT for Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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: May 15, 2025, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2025, 6:50 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Portage County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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
May 15, 6:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Wsw Amherst Junction, WI
May 15, 6:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Wsw Amherst Junction, 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
May 15, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

069 
WFUS53 KGRB 152316
TORGRB
WIC097-160000-
/O.NEW.KGRB.TO.W.0009.250515T2316Z-250516T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service GREEN BAY WI
Issued by National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
616 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

The National Weather Service in GREEN BAY has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Portage County in central Wisconsin...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Whiting, or 7 miles southeast of Stevens Point,
  moving northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Stevens Point, Whiting, Amherst, Plover, Stockton, Jordan, Rosholt,
  Amherst Junction, Peru, Nelsonville, Polonia, North Star, Ellis,
  Fancher, Arnott, Custer, Standing Rock Park, and Keene.

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 4442 8962 4469 8939 4468 8922 4450 8922
      4435 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 216DEG 32KT 4443 8947 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

GEHRING

2 follow-up statements

720 
WWUS53 KGRB 152324
SVSGRB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service GREEN BAY WI
Issued by National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
624 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

WIC097-160000-
/O.CON.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/
Portage WI-
624 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY...

At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Amherst, or 7 miles east of Stevens Point, moving
northeast 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.

Locations impacted include...
Stevens Point, Stockton, Jordan, Rosholt, Nelsonville, Ellis,
Polonia, North Star, and Custer.

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 4450 8954 4469 8939 4468 8922 4452 8927
      4445 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 216DEG 32KT 4449 8941 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

GEHRING

086 
WWUS53 KGRB 152350
SVSGRB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service GREEN BAY WI
Issued by National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
650 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

WIC097-152359-
/O.CAN.KGRB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250516T0000Z/
Portage WI-
650 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
northeastern Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4450 8954 4469 8939 4468 8922 4452 8927
      4445 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 216DEG 32KT 4467 8922 

$$

GEHRING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GRB	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto	15 hr
May 15, 4:06 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		19 hr
May 15, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	55 min
May 15, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	55 min
May 15, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	49 min
May 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	48 min
May 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waushara	66 min
May 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon	51 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon, Portage	44 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Portage, Waupaca, Waushara	44 min
May 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Wood	39 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Marathon	55 min
May 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GRB	Lincoln	17 min
May 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRB	Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida	55 min
May 15, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waupaca	38 min
May 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		2 hr
May 15, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	GRB		112 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.