Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1986, 8:12 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1986, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fond du Lac 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 270112 SVRMKE WIC039-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 812 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FOND-DU-LAC AT 810 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY NEAR RIPON. AT 805 PM CDT STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED AT ROSENDALE...12 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS HEADING TOWARD BRANDON...AND THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TORNADOES CAN ALSO DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TZ/NJ
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 26, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE, WI 355 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302 FOR NORTHEAST HALF OF WISCONSIN... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302 IN EFFECT THROUGH 11PM COVERS MUCH OF THE NORTH HALF OF WISCONSIN. IT REACHES FROM THE UPPER MICHIGAN BORDER TO A SOUTHERN EDGE ROUGHLY FROM EAU CLAIRE TO OSHKOSH AND SHEBOYGAN. SEVERAL BATCHES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CROSS THROUGH THE NORTH HALF OF WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MANY WILL ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN..WHERE TRAFFIC WILL BE SLOWED DUE TO NEAR ZERO VISIBLITY FOR A FEW MINUTES. LIGHTNING STRIKES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND STRONG WESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME STORMS AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 11PM. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE, WI 435 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302 FOR NORTHEAST HALF OF WISCONSIN... AT 430 PM..RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF WAUSAU SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH AUBURNDALE IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY TO WYEVILLE IN NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY..ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NECEDAH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A BAND FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU TO MARSHFIELD. THEY SHOULD BE PASSING THROUGH WAUSAU AND MOSINEE BETWEEN 545 AND 630 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE! STORMS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. BUT THE STRONGER ONES ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE, WI 558 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986 AT 555 PM..RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PITTSVILLE IN WOOD COUNTY..35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU..INTO NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES OF NECEDAH. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NECEDAH..AND WILL MOVE INTO PORTAGE AND ADAMS COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 615 PM. AT 554 PM..PEA SIZE HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS JUST WEST OF NEKOOSA. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. ELSEWHERE..A LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN FOREST THROUGH EASTERN LANGLADE..MENOMINEE..WESTERN SHAWANO.. TO NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 11 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBxILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE, WI 720 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 11 PM... AT 715 PM..RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF NEW LONDON IN WAUPACA COUNTY..50 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GREEN BAY..SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY TO WESTFIELD IN MARQUETTE COUNTY..ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. IT IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH TOWARD OUTAGAMIE..WINNEBAGO..GREEN LAKE..AND WESTERN FOND-DU-LAC COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS LINE DURING THE PAST HOUR. IT DID PRODUCE STRONG WINDS CAUSING SOME POWER OUTAGES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLIER ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. SHOWERS OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS FAR AS SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OZAUKEE..WASHINGTON.. AND DODGE COUNTIES. THERE ARE NO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS YET IN THE SHOWER AREA. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE, WI 753 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 302 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 11 PM... AT 750 PM..RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM OMRO IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY..10 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH..TO MONTELLO IN MARQUETTE COUNTY..ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. IT WAS MOVING EAST 30 MPH TOWARD EASTERN WINNEBAGO AND CALUMET COUNTY. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WAS JUST MOVING INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR. BUT SOME HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS..HOWEVER.. SO THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. JOHNSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.