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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 19, 1986Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1986, 4:35 PM CDT for Portage County, Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1986, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1986, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, WI, Wood 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 306 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 192135
SVRMKE
WIC097-141-192230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
435 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PORTAGE AND WOOD

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE WISCONIN
RAPIDS AREA OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER
SOUTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY BY 5 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FRO:M A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MAY TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING OR URBAN AREAS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

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, Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
410 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 405 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS..
IN WOOD COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH PARTS OF EASTERN WOOD COUNTY
AND WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY THROUGH 510 PM CDT.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..GUSTY
WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FURTHER UPDATES.
^
STUREY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac46 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.