Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1986, 8:23 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1986, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1986, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 200128 COR SVRMKE WIC039-200215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED ...CORRECTION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 823 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FOND-DU-LAC AT 818 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MARKESAN REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL AT 815 PM WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A SEVERE 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, 5:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 24 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, 2 hours 4 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
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 655 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN... AT 650 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM AROUND THE WEST BEND AREA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY EAST TO PORT WASHINGTON IN OZAUKEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY. IN ADDITION..STORMS APPEARED TO BE DEVELOPING SOUTH ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF WASHINGTON AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM CDT. ^ STUREY
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 810 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY... AT 805 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY. TIMMERMAN AIRPORT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MILWAUKEE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND HALF INCH HAIL. RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM. PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 815 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN... AT 810 PM...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LARGE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN..NEAR MILWAUKEE BACK TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTH OF WAASAU..THEN FURTHER NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. IN THIS AREA..ONE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING FOND DU LAC COUNTY FROM GREEN LAKE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN FOND DU LAC TOWNS OF RIPON AND BRANDON TOWARD 845 PM CDT. ANOTHER STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH THE TOWNS OF STANLEY AND THORP ALSO TOWARD 845 PM CDT. ^ IN ADDITION...YET MORE STRONG STORMS WERE CONCENTRATED AROUND THE NORTH CENTRAL WAUKESHA AREA AND NORTHERN MILWAUKEE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BLINDING RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STUREY
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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.