Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1987, 12:07 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1987, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1987, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2044 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 111707 SVRMKE WIC019-111800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1207 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CLARK WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSORMS AT 1200 NOON CDT WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN CLARK COUNTY. THS STORNGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRCHILD 25 SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE IN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY. THE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH AND SHOULD APPROACH HUMBIRD...35 SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE BETWEEN 1215 AND 1240PMCDT AND NEILLSVILLE...50 SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU AROUND 1230PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TORNADOES CAN ALSO DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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 11, 9:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 930 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN... OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS FROM MINNESOTA HAVE CONTINUED INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS AND HAVE NOW PUSHED INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. AT 910 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS PUSHING THROUGH BARRON AND INTO WASHBURN AND SAWYER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE LINE IS BULGING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE IS MOVING INTO VERY FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND AT ITS CURRENT SPEED OF MOVEMENT WOULD PUSH INTO PRICE COUNTY BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS. EARLIER THIS MORNING AS THE LINE PUSHED THROUGH GRANTSBURG..70 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS..IN BURNETT COUNTY TREES WERE DOWNED. THESE STORMS ARE VERY FAST MOVING..DANGEROUS..AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY. MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 10:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1025 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO PRICE COUNTY... AT 1015 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN PRICE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKER NOW THAN WHEN THEY PUSHED THROUGH WASHBURN AND SAWYER COUNTIES BUT STILL CONTAINED SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS. THESE WEAKER STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT@ 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MAINLY NORTHERN PRICE COUNTY...IN- CLUDING THE TOWNS OF PARK FALLS AND PHILLIPS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO. MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:46 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1140 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 361 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEN WISCONSIN... AT 1040 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF INTEMSE THUNDERTSORMS FROM NEAR STANLEY IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY THROUGH EAU CLAIRE COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH BUFFALO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORHEAST AT AROUND 40MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN NOON AND100PM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VEARY HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. SCAFFIDI
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:52 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1147 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN TAYLOR AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM NEAR THE TOWN OF DONALD IN TAYLOR COUNTY...45 MI NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE TO AROUND HUMBIRD IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY...36 MI SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN LINCOLN...MARATHON AND WOOD COUNTIES BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 1 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KOCHIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Langlade | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Florence, Forest | 48 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.