Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1986, 8:49 PM CDT for Langlade County, Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1986, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1986, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Langlade County, WI, Marathon 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 170153 COR SVRMKE WIC067-069-170245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 849 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...LANGLADE..LINCOLN..MARATHON. AT 840 PM CDT..1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF MERRILL IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS FROM NORTHERN LANGLADE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF PELICAN LAKE OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAUSAU..TO NEAR MERRILL IN LINCOLN COUNTY.. 15 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH TOWARD ORMSBY..ANTIGO.. AND WAUSAU. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LzYING OR URBAN AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. JOHNSTON
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, Aug 16, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 635 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM... AT 630 PM CDT..A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN FROM PHELPS IN VILAS COUNTY..30 MILES NORTHEAST OF RHINELANDER TO PHILLIPS IN PRICE COUNTY..20 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF PARK FALLS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE NEAR PHELPS AND CONOVER..IN VILAS COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 600 PM..THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT LAC DU FLAMBEAU IN SOUTHWEST VILAS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST OF PRICE.. ONEIDA AND SOUTHERN VILAS COUNTIES AND INTO NORTHWEST LINCOLN.. NORTHERN FOREST AND NORTHERN FLORENCE COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM. < THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 655 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BUFFALO..JACKSON AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND OTHER AREAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 650 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR THE TOWN OF PHELPS IN VILAS COUNTY THEN TO NEAR REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY SAGGING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE..IT APPEARS AS IF THE FIRST STORMS WILL THREATEN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUFFALO COUNTY..ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE.. AROUND 830 PM CDT. HOWEVER..THIS PROJECTION COULD CHANGE AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON THE WESTERN END OF THE LINE. PERSONS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN..ESPECIALLY NORTH OF LA CROSSE..SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. MILES
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 715 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CLEARED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 492 IS BEING CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.......ASHLAND..IRON..SAWYER..WASHBURN..BURNETT.. POLK..BARRON..AND RUSK. MOST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. AT 710 PM..RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST FLORENCE COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN..TO NEAR RHINELANDER..TO HANNIBAL IN TAYLOR COUNTY..TO JUST NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.. AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH FLORENCE..FOREST..SOUTHERN ONEIDA.. MUCH OF LINCOLN..SOUTHERN TAYLOR..AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN 715 AND 815 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF FLORENCE..MONICO.. TOMAHAWK..AND MEDFORD. ^ NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR.& BUT STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 700 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BUFFALO..JACKSON AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND OTHER AREAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 655 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE. .EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA AND WAS CONTINUING TO SAG SOUTHWARD. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BUFFALO COUNTY..60 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE..BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WESTERN WISCONSIN..ESPECIALLY NORTH OF LA CROSSE..SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENINLG WEATHER IS SIGHTED. MILES
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:56 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 800 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BUFFALO..JACKSON AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND OTHER AREAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 755 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE. .EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA AND WAS CONTINUING TO SAG SOUTHWARD. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ENTER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BUFFALO COUNTY..60 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE..BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WESTERN WISCONSIN..ESPECIALLY NORTH OF LA CROSSE..SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATNENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. MILES
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:08 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 800 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 755 PM..RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLORENCE COUNTY JUST WEST OF IRON MOUNTAN MICHIGAN TO MONICO IN ONEIDA COUNTY..12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RHINELANDER..TO MEDFORD IN TAYLOR COUNTY..33 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU..TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH..AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH SOUTHERN FOREST..SOUTHERN LINCOLN..AND SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES THEN INTO LANGLADE..NORTHERN MARATHON..AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN 805 AND 910 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF LAONA..MERRILL..AND ABBOTSFORD. ^ NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM LOCATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE. BUT THE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GVUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 41 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.