Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1986, 6:44 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1986, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1986, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fond du Lac 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
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 355 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1637 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 192344 SVRMKE WIC039-200045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 644 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FOND-DU-LAC AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST FOND DU LAC COUNTY 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSHKOSH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 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, 2 hours 31 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
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 535 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF WAUSAU WHILE ANOTHER WAS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU NEAR SPENCER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS FOR THE POSSIBLILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM lWATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TIL 10 PM. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 600 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 555 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. ONE AREA WAS ENTERING FOND DU LAC COUNTY 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH JUST NORTHEAST OF RIPON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS THEN EXTENDED BACK TOWARD WAUTOMA.. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF PORT WASHINGTON AND JUST WEST OF SHEBOYGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY. ^ A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:19 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 620 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 620 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN JUST NORTH OF STEVENS POINT AND JUST MOVING OUT OF THE MARSHFIELD AREA. MARSHFIELD REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS OF UP TO 45 MPH AT 615 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE RIPON AREA AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF SHEBOYGAN. ^ A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage, Wood | 40 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.