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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 12, 1986Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1986, 6:01 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
Jul 12, 1986, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge 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
Jul 12, 6:45 PM CDTTornado F0Dodge, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 1986-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 122301
TORMKE
WIC027-130000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
601 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...DODGE

AT 600 PM CDT..A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF
REESEVILLE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS TORNADO I&S 23
MILES EAST/NORTHEAST OF MADISON.

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.

HAASE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson35 min
Jul 12, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Washington58 min
Jul 12, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWaukesha25 min
Jul 12, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWashington52 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.