Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 12:01 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1986, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 280501 SVRMKE WIC059-101-280530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1201 AM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...KENOSHA AND RACINE ...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. . THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED THROUGH MILWAUKEE..WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES BETWEEN 1140PM AND MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND SOME DAMAGE TO TREES..POWELINES AND HOMES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES TILL 1230AM WHEN THE STORMS SHOULD HAVE ROLLED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN GENERATE STRONG WINDS WHICH CAUSE OBJECTS TO BECOME DEADLY AIRBORNE MISSILES. WIND DRIVEN HAIL OF ANY SIZE CAN CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. TAKE SHELTER WHEN] WEATHER IS THREATENING.
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 27, 11:11 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 11:10 PM CDT SUNDAY JULY 27, 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 AM CDT MON... AT 1100 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT JUST PASSED THROUGH MADISON..OR ABOUT 10:50 PM CDT. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST NORTH OF A LINE LOCATED FROM PORT WASHINGTON..TO SOUTH OF MADISON..TO WEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT4 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST STORM APPEARS NOW TO BE NEAR OREGON OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. GJG
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:12 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1110 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF SHEBOYGAN IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ACROSS NORTHERN OZAUKEE WASHINGTON NORTHWEST WAUKESHA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STORMS THEN EXTENDED BACK TO JANESVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE INTENSE LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF OZAUKEE..WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES BY 1130 PM AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER. RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED LATER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR JEFFERSON 35 TO 40 MILES WEST OF MILWAUKEE. ^ PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. BOATERS OFF THE SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN CO5ASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND ON INLAND LAKES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THESE STORMS OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:20 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1120 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986 ...PARTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. DANE..GRANT..IOWA..AND LAFAYETTE. : THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN UNTIL 4AM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:34 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 11:30 PM CDT SUNDAY JULY 27, 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR DANE..GRANT..IOWA..AND LAFEYETTE COUNTY AS OF 1120 PM CDT.. AT 1120 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES EAST OF MADISON NEAR WATERTOWN TO JANESVILLE THEN THROUGH SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY KWINDS ARE ACCOMPANING THE STORMS. NO REAL SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED..HOWEVER THE LIGHTNING HAS BEEN INTENSE AND LONG LASTING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AS LIGHTNING IS A DANGER TO ALL. SWENSON
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:42 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1140 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 1140 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF MILWAUKEE TO WAUKESHA..SOUTHWEST TO JANESVILLE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF THESE STORMS WERE IN THE NORTHERN MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA TO FAR NORTHWEST RACINE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE INTENSE LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF MILWAUKEE RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES BY OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF WAUKESHA AND ALSO IN WALWORTH COUNTY AROUND 1130 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN WAUKESHA COUNTY JUST WEST OF MILWAUKEE. ^ PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. BOATERS OFF THE SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN COASTAOL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND ON INLAND LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1155 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 1986 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN WALWORTH COUNTY HAS KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREES IN DELEVAN..ACCORDING TO THE WALWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MILWAUKEE..RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 1230 AM. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WISCWONSIN TILL AFTER 1230AM WHEN THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MOVED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. DRAG
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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.