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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 1987Wood County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1987, 8:58 PM CDT for Wood County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1987, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1987, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Wood 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1987-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1449 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 1987-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5 hours 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, 3 hours 27 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 56 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 6 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLincoln45 min
Jun 7, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLanglade57 min
Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarathon, Portage36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.