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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 21, 1986Oneida County, Price County, Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1986, 8:36 PM CDT for Oneida County, Price County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1986, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1986, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Oneida County, WI, Price County, WI, Vilas 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 220136
TORMKE
WIC085-099-125-220230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
836 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ONEIDA...EASTERN PRICE AND VILAS

THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF
PHILLIPS IN CENTRAL PRICE COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND A GARAGE DESTROYED. THIS STORM
IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE
WILLOW RESERVOIR OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND LAC DU FLAMBEAU OF VILAS
COUNTY. THIS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS STORM. THE DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED NEAR 830PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
A BASEMENT..INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE
SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS. GET UNDER SOMHETHING STURDY.

DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXPrice15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.