Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1987, 8:09 PM CDT for Marathon County, Portage County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 7, 1987, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1987, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marathon, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 080109 SVRMKE WIC073-097-080145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 809 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MARATHON AND PORTAGE AT 805 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN MARATHON COUNTY NEAR MOSINEE JUST SOUTH OF WAUSAU. WINDS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MARATHON COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIG,HTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. HENTZ
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, Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 358 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A WARM FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS FRONT SEPERATES VERY WARM CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH FROM COOLER ONES TO THE NORTH. IT IS THIS FRONT AND THE CLASH BETWEEN THE TWO AIRMASSES THAT WILL FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 345 PM CDT..NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED ON RADAR NOR REPORTED IN SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IN WISCONSIN BUT WAS OCCURING IN THE GREAT ADJACENT STATE OF MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO WISCONSIN. OTHER STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN WISCONSIN AS WELL. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING THROUGH NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTER- NOON OR EVENING SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY T"UNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION. MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 530 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES AROUND 6 PM AND AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF GILMAN AND THORP. IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS..SOME HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELLING THROUGH TAYLOR COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOU. MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 700 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 655 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF MERRILL...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF WAUSAU. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STUREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:41 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 740 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 730 PM...RADAR SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN IN CLARK COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF GREENWOOD...OR 45 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE. AT 725 PM...SHERIFFS OFFICERS IN GREENWOOD REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH EASTERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF RIPLINGER AND UNITY...OR ABOUT 35 TO 40 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE STORMS. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STUREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:52 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMNT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 750 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS DIMINISHED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. ASHLAND IRON VILAS BARRON BURNETT POLK RUSK SAWYER WASHBURN CHIPPEWA DUNN EAU CLAIRE PEPIN PIERCE ST CROIX HOWEVER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINS HIGH OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS. HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Langlade | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.