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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 26, 1987Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1987, 5:34 PM CDT for Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1987, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1987, 5:55 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1987-05-26Temperature 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°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 1987-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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 262234
SVRMKE
WIC027-039-262330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
534 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...DODGE AND FOND-DU-LAC

AT 525 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOX LAKE
IN NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY WHICH IS 35 SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. MARBLE SIZED
HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE VILLAGE OF RANDOLPH (37 NORTH NORTHEAST
OF MADISON) IN DODGE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY
NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...WHICH
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FOX LAKE...LOMIRA...OAKFIELD AND
CAMPELLSPORT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER.

 SCAFFIDI/STURE^Y

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, May 26, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

AT 425 PM CDT THE MADISON WEATHER RADAR CEASED TO ROTATE.  THUS THOSE
RELYING ON THE MADISON RADAR FOR THEIR VARIO0US DISPLAYS MAY WISH TO
FIND AN ALTERNATE TEMPORARILY.  A TECHNICIAN IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM
AND WE WILL NOTIFY EVERYONE WHEN THE RADAR IS BACK IN WORKING ORDER.

ADDISON
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

AT 455 PM CDT NEENAH WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER RIO WISCONSIN OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF MADISON.
A CHECK WITH THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INDICATED THAT
AT 427 PM CDT AS THE STORM PASSED OVER POYNETTE THAT VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS FALLING WITH THE VISIBILITY DOWN TO A FEW YARDS.  NO HAIL
OR STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED.  THIS ISF THE SAME THUNDERSTORM
AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH.

ADDISON
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:19 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 510 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FOX LAKE IN FAR WESTERN DODGE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH.  STRONG WINDS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WERE REPORTED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY NEAR RIO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE
NORTHWEST PART OF DODGE AND THE WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTIES THROUGH
615 PM CDT.

HAIL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESEP STORMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES.
^
STUREY
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:21 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

AT 510 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FOX LAKE IN FAR WESTERN DODGE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH.  STRONG WINDS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WERE REPORTED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY NEAR RIO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE
NORTHWEST PART OF DODGE COUNTY AND THE WESTERN PART OF FOND DU LAC
COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM CDT.

HAIL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES.
^
STUREY

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.