Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1986, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 190130 SVRMKE WIC069-190230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 830 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...LINCOLN AT 827 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF MERRILL 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU IN LINCOLN COUNTY. IN ADDITION A AS YET UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TORNADOES CAN ALSO DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF- THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HENTZ
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, Jul 18, 4:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 425 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 ..INTENSE THUNDERSTORM BUILDING IN RUSK COUNTY OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. AT 425 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FAST DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN RUSK COUNTY..JUST TO THE WEST OF INGRAM. THIS IS ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEPOLIS. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF THE STORM CONTINUES AT THE PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION..IT SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN PRICE COUNTY BY 440 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 545 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN HALF WISCONSIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN RUSK COUNTY..BETWEEN INGRAM AND LADYSMITH. THIS IS ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEPOLIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH..BUT THE ENTIRE AREA CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP TO THE WEST AND NORTH AND HAS SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN SAWYER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. OTHER SCATTERED STRONG STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO PRICE..OMEIDA..LINCOLN ..LANGLADE AND FOREST COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED NEAR LONG LAKE IN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.\ GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 ..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 620 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RHINELANDER NEAR THE LANGLADE FOREST COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WEBENO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. OTHER STRONG HUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PERSONS qOVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 710 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN HALF WISCONSIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN ASHLAND AND NORTHERN PRICE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS IS NORTHWEST OF PARK FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 720 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN HALF WISCONSIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ELONGATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EAST TO SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE AND COULD PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES..HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Taylor | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 62 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.