Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1986, 3:32 PM CDT for Dodge County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1986, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, WI, Washington 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 122032 TORMKE WIC027-131-122130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 332 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE AND WASHINGTON AT 328 PM CDT...DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT HIGHWAY P AND SOUTH COUNTY LINE ROAD..NORTHEAST OF ASHIPUNN. 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 SOMETHING STURDY. GARCIA
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, 11:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1107 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 AT 1102 AM CDT SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND MAINLY OUT OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. SOME NEW SHOWERS WERE NOTED DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO MADISON TO LONEROCK AND WESTWARD. ALL OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. ADDISON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1252PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 ....VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY.... AT 1247PM CDT RADAR LOCATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST..NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEADATELY AND HAVE YOUR REPORT RELAYED TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE TO BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THIS STORM IS HEADED TOWARDS THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IN CLUMBIA COUNTY ...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 1252PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 AT 1 PM CDT A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM LAKE GENEVA OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MI
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 125 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 AT 115 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE SOUTHEASTWARD TO JUST WEST OF MILWAUKEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF MADISON IN DANE COUNTY AND IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SO FAR...ONLY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN BUT THERE WERE NO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. THEY SHOULD ALSO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND THEN GO TO SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986 AT 130 PM CDT A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LACROSSE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE AREA CONTAINED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE RAIN PATERN. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY OCCUR ALONG THIS LINE. ADDISON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Washington | 52 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.