Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1986, 7:36 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1986, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ozaukee 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 130036 TORMKE WIC089-130130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 736 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...OZAUKEE ...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. . AT 720 PM CDT..DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OZAUKEE COUNTY FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY. AT 720 PM CDT..65 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN WEST BEND..IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND DAMAGE IN THE NEOSHO AREA IN DODGE COUNTY. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS ARE SAUKVILLE.. GRAFTON AND PORT WASHINGTON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWE ST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. HAASE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 12, 2:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 220 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 210 PM CDT..SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN SOUTHWEST DODGE COUNTY..ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND WILL MOVE ACROSS DODGE COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 210 PM. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH 800 PM. YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO WILL THEN RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCI=AL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAASE
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
345 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986
115 PM CDT 25 TO 30 MPH WIND AND VERY HEVY RAIN IN DEFOREST AREA
218 PM CDT POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR LYNDON STATION
222 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE HOOK OVER SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
235 PM CDT CITIZEN REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG I-94 AT DANE-JEFFERSON
COUNTY LINE.
251 PM CDT NO SIGHTING OF TORNADO NOR DAMAGE IN MARQUETTE COUNTY.
308 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHEST OF THE WISCONSIN DELLS BY PUBLIC.
319 PM CDT WALL CLOUD FROM WEST INTO LAKE DELTON.
ADDISONSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 350 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN MARATHON AND WESTERN WOOD COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS PROGRESSING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH..WHILE THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF WAUSAU. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS..HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 358PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ....HEAVY RAINS IN CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY.... AT 355PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF WESTFIELD OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE IMMEDATE STEPS TO SEEK SHELTER AND RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. ] STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 437 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 435 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MARATHON..ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF WAUSAU. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR..BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ENTERING NORTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 525 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY EXPANDING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OUT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM NEAR COLUMBUS NORTHEAST TO BEAVER DAM.. ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. GARCIA
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.