June 15, 2022 Severe Weather Outbreak

Initially, I was certainly unsure about whether this event was actually going to play out, given that the past few times we've had severe weather, no storms had developed, due to the cap, and it was considered a 'bust'. (Don't know what the cap is? Read here) This setup proved to be different. One thing I was watching closely was how fast the clouds would clear the area in the wake of morning convection. They moved out by the early afternoon, allowing for maximum heating, which supplied these storms with plenty of unstable air.

At 11:18 AM on Wednesday, the Storm Prediction Center announced through a Mesoscale Discussion that they would be issuing an upgrade in the next outlook update, which came just under an hour later. This upgraded most of the area to a rare Moderate (4/5) risk. This event had potential to be very dangerous.

Just before 2:30 PM, the Storm Prediction Center issued a Tornado Watch for all of the area.

The first warning wasn't issued until around 4:45 PM. In total, the National Weather Service issued 14 Tornado Warnings and 8 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, not including the updates that are issued while the warning is still in effect (canceling an area in a warning, adding a confirmed tornado tag to a Tornado Warning, etc).

TORNADOES - All information in this section will be coming from the National Weather Service Green Bay's website

There were a total of 5 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service in Green Bay (as of June 21, 2022).

Tornado #1: Seymour (Outagamie County)

According to the NWS: "A tornado developed in the northeast corner of a cemetery to the southwest of Black Creek and track northeast to just east of Seymour. Tree damage, some structure damage and power poles snapped east of Seymour."

This tornado is believed to have traveled just over 9 miles, touching down around 6:11 PM and lifting just before 6:20 PM. An EF-1 rating was assigned with peak winds estimated around 100 MPH and max width of 700 yards.

Thank you to Colton Westby from Your News in Shiocton for providing these photos:

Tornado #2: West Bloomfield (Waushara County)

The NWS hasn't provided much of anything about this tornado. All we know is that they've assigned an EF-1 rating. West Bloomfield is ~7.5 miles SW of Fremont.

I will update when more information becomes available.

Tornado #3: Silver Cliff (Marinette County)

The strongest tornado that touched down on June 15th was in Silver Cliff in Marinette County. This tornado received an EF-2 rating with estimated peak winds at 113 MPH. The length was estimated to be around 2 miles and the tornado is estimated to have been 450 yards wide.

According to the NWS: "100s of trees flattened, snapped, and uprooted. Damage to structures. A home was lifted off the foundation. Fire department was also damaged."

I actually took a trip to this area of Marinette County and here's what I saw:

Tornado #4: Navarino (Shawano County)

There's little information about the tornado that touched down near Navarino. All that was reported was "damage to trees, power poles and other structures", according to the NWS.

Tornado #5: Bowler (Shawano County)

Again, there's little information, but what we do know is that this received an EF-1 rating and had winds estimated around 104 MPH.

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As needed, this post will be updated.