Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1986, 5:10 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1986, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1986, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, WI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 315 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY OF WEST WISCONSIN... AT 300 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARSHFIELD IN WOOD COUNTY OF WEST WISCONSIN TO NEAR MASON CITY IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED IN LA CROSSE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 500 PM CDT. EVEN THOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT CURRENTLY SEVERE..PEOPLE SHOULD STILL SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL..AND DOES. MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 335 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN WISONSIN... AT 330 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARSHFIELD IN WOOD COUNTY OF WESTERN WISCONSIN TO JUST EAST OF MASON CITY IOWA. ONE VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LA CROSSE COUNTY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN NOW AND 500 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD STILL SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL..AND DOES. MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:20 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 420 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR LACROSSE..BUFFALO..TREMPEALEAU..JACKSON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WEST WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG..WITH ISOLATED SEVERE..THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES ABOUT 515 PM CDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER CURRENTLY AFFECTS LA CROSSE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. HOWEVER..OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MONROE AND VERNON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR LACROSSE..BUFFALO..TREMPEALEAU..JACKSON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WEST WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 455 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NORTHERN BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY 515 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WIND AND HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GOODHUE COUNTY... AT 5PM CDT RADAR SHOWS AND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO GOODHUE COUNTY..EXTENDING FROM RED WING INTO SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 4 PM HOWEVER A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THRU GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AMANN THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS W~AS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. TALLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GOODHUE COUNTY... AT 5PM CDT RADAR SHOWS AND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO GOODHUE COUNTY..EXTENDING FROM RED WING INTO SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 4 PM HOWEVER A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THRU GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AMANN
Nearby
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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.