Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Price, WI | |
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Price, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Oneida, Price, Vilas | 54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.