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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 21, 1986Price County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT for Price County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Price County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 8:33 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Price, WI
Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Price, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1986-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1824 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1986-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 220115
SVRMKE
WIC099-220200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
815 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PRICE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVEICE RADAR INDICATED POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SAWYER COUNTY AT 810PM.  A FEW UNCONFIRMED
TORNADOES WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT ABOUT 40 MPH. DAMAGING WIND IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY WITH THESE
STORMS. LUGARVILLE..PHILLIPS AND PARK FALLS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE
AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
5
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. TORNADOES CAN ALSO DEVELOP FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.   IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

DRAG

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 21, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 285 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN WISCONSINS PORTION OF THE
WATCH AREA EXISTS IN THE COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS..BURNETT..POLK..WASHBURN
AND BAYFIELD THROUGH 800 PM.

THE EXPECTED THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 930PM..ASHLAND..IRON..SAWYER..
POLK..BARRON..RUSK..ST CROIX..DUNN..AND PIERCE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE NOT EXPECTED
IN EAU CLAIRE..CHIPPEWA AND PEPIN TIL AROUND 930PM OR SHORTLY AFTER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH
TORNADOS HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE MINNESOTA COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN THE MOST EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF WISCONSIN.
DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 285 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN WISCONSINS PORTION OF THE
WATCH AREA EXISTS IN THE COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS..BURNETT..POLK..WASHBURN
AND BAYFIELD THROUGH 800 PM.

THE EXPECTED THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PEAK FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 930PM..ASHLAND..IRON..SAWYER..
BARRON..RUSK..ST CROIX..DUNN..AND PIERCE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE NOT EXPECTED
IN EAU CLAIRE..CHIPPEWA AND PEPIN TIL AROUND 930PM OR SHORTLY AFTER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH
TORNADOS HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE MINNESOTA COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN THE MOST EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF WISCONSIN.

COR TO WITHDRAW POLK FROM 8 TO 930PM GROUP.
DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 285 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER HAS STRUCK THE EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN COUNTY OF
DOUGLAS. GUSTS TO 69MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE DULUTH MINNESOTA AIRPORT.

A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF SUPERIOR WITH TREES DOWN.

THIS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN COUNTIES FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS..BAYFIELD..
BURNETTE AND WASHBURN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 OR 8PM. THE THREAT WILL
INCREASE RAPIDLY FOR POLK COUNTY SOMETIME BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM.
DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 285 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT 718PM EXTENDED FROM NEAR ASHLAND IN
ASHLAND COUNTY TO NEAR RADISSON IN CENTRAL SAWYER COUNTY OF EXTREME
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER..
SO FAR MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN IN BAYFIELD AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.

WE EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF PRICE
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 8 AND 830PM. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND POWER OUTAGES FROM LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX.

AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT NELSON LAKE OF EXTREME NORTHWEST
SAWYER COUNTY..NORTH OF HAYWARD..AROUND 710PM. NO DAMAGE REPORT HAS BEEN
RECEIVED AS YET.
DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXOneida, Price, Vilas54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.