Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1986, 3:29 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1986, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1986, 4:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Washington 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 112029 SVRMKE WIC079-089-131-133-112130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 329 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...NORTHWEST MILWAUKEE...OZAUKEE...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND WAUKESHA ...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. . RADAR SHOWS A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF WAUKESHA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 325 PM CDT WINDS GUSTING TO 69 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE WAUKESHA AIRPORT. THE STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE SUSSEX... MENOMONEE FALLS...BUTLER...GERMANTOWN AREAS AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHRTNING. TORNADOES CAN ALSO DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TZ
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 11, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 209 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTY... AT 200PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARKESAN IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY. THIS STORM DEPOSITED 3/8 INCH HAIL AS IT PASSED OVER MANCHESTER. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING BETWEEN RIPON...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH...IN NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY AND BERLIN IN GREEN LAKE COUNTY. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. TZ OSTER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 215 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... WEATHER RADAR AT 210 PM INDICATED A NEWLY DEVELPED STRONG THUNDERSTORM 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKFORD NEAR DELAVAN IN WALWORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY BETWEEN 215 PM AND 240 PM PASSING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF WHITEWATER BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WAUKESA COUNTY BY 240 PM. PERSONS IN WALWORTH COUNTY AND WAUKESHA COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FRO DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 IS EN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SCAFFIDI
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:42 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 240 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... WEATHER RADAR AT 235 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY NEAR RIPON... 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY BY 300PM. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WALWORTH COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTY. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING FOR THE CITY OF WAUKESHA AND NORTHWEST MILWAUKEE COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 400PM CDT. IN ADDITION TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAV'Y RAIN AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. TZ
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:02 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 301 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY... WEATHER RADAR AT 255 PM INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIPON ..15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH...IN NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY. AT 248 PM AN UNOFFICAL REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF RIPON. HOWEVER...FURTHER CHECKS WITH AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONF9IRMED ANY SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY BY 315PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. TZ
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 316 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ..STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES.. WEATHER RADAR AT 310 PM INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CITY OF WAUKESHA...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF WAUKESHA.. AND IN NORTHWEST WAUKESHA COUNTY EXTENDING INTO WALWORTH COUNTY TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEWATER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN OZAUKEE AND NORTHWEST MILWAUKEE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 415PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. IN ADEDITION TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT. ^ AT 315 PM CDT THE WAUKESHA AIRPORT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. TZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 17 min |
| Jun 11, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 25 min |
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.