Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1987, 5:29 PM CDT for Marathon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1987, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1987, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marathon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Marathon, WI | |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 022229 SVRMKE WIC073-022325- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 529 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MARATHON AT 525 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL MOVING THROUGH MARATHON COUNTY AND EXTENDED FROM ANTIGO..TO WAUSAU..TO STRATFORD..OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. LARGE TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL *BE OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. OSTER
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, Jul 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 135 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1987 ....A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 130 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAXON IN NORTHERN IRON COUNTY...75 MI ESE OF DULUTH TO GLIDDEN IN ASHLAND COUNTY...79 MI SE OF DULUTH TO LORETTA IN EASTERN SAWYER COUNTY...66 MI NNE OF EAU CLAIRE TO NEAR BRUCE IN RUSK COUNTY... 35 MI NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SAXON AND IN NORTHWESTERN PRICE COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF PARK FALLS. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING VILAS... PRICE...WESTERN ONEIDA...AND NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS..BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATH ER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
245 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1987
....A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN....
AT 235 PM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY NEAR MERCER...77 MI NNW OF
WAUSAU SOUTHWESTWARD TO TH EAST OF PHILLIPS IN CENTRAL PRICE COUNTY...
TO NEAR PRENTICE IN SOUTHEAST PRICE COUNTY...43 MI WSW OF RHINELANDER
AND TO ABOUT 20 MI NW OF HANNIBAL IN WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...48 MI NE OF
EAU CLAIRE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
A 230 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN PRICE COUNTY REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH PHILLIPS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING VILAS...ONEIDA...EASTERN PRICE...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...AND NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT TWO
HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WIbTH
THESE STORMS.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.
FIELDSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
350 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1987
....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LINE EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF RHINELANDER IN ONEIDA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST
OF HANNIBAL..48 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE..IN TAYLOR COUNTY. ALL STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER WHEN THEY
PASSED THROUGH PRICE COUNTY DURING THE LAST HOUR. ROOF DAMAGE FROM
STRONG WINDS WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST PRICE COUNTY AND WINDS GUSTING
TO 78 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
PHILLIPS..46 MILES WEST OF RHINELANDER.
PERSONS IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AND OTHER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
THEY MOVE TO THE EAST. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
MORRISSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 4:41 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 435 PM CDT THUR. JULY 2, 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 430 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF WISCONSIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE WIDE AREA THAT RAN FROM..ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACROSSE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ISSUED FOR MARATHON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. GRIMM
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:19 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 520 PM CDT THUR. JULY 2, 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF WISCONSIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE WIDE AREA THAT RAN FROM..ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAUSAU T O 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACROSSE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. GRIMM
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI
520 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1987
....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
AT 517 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY NEAR BETHEL...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAUSAU. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF EASTERN WOOD AND WESTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT
TWO HOURS.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONSITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WE ATHER
APPROACHES.
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lincoln, Oneida | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Langlade, Lincoln, Taylor | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon | 53 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.