Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1987, 8:12 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 16, 1987, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1987, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kenosha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Kenosha, 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 213 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
- 1376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 170112 TORMKE WIC059-170145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 812 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...KENOSHA ...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF ..LAKE MICHIGAN AT 810 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. PLUS MANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT..INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS. GET fUNDER SOMETHING STURDY. STUREY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 16, 5:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 505 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND ADJOINING AREAS TO THE WEST UNTIL 10PM CDT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 505 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED VERY STONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTH OF LODI OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON..2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE OR 23 MILES NORTH OF MADISON AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE DELTON OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR DARLINGTON OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON AND ALSO NEAR RICHLAND CENTER OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO EAST AT 25 MPM. PRZEKURAT
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 550 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 550 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MADISON SOUTH TO GREEN COUNTY OF SOUTH/CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING FOND DU LAC..DODGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 615 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...SOME WESTERN WISCONSIN COUNTIES CLEARED FROM WATCH... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST/CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ARE CLEARED OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 485 AS OF 615 PM..... LA CROSSE..MONROE..JUNEAU..VERNON..CRAWFORD..GRANT AND RICHLAND. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES. HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 640 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 635 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN FOND DU LAC..DODGE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ACCOMPANYING THE LINE OF STORMS. MADISON REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY 30 MINUTES /BETWEEN 550 PM AND 620 PM/. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH DODGE..FOND DU LAC..JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HAIL. THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING AND FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND STREETS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE WI 640 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 635 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN FOND DU LAC..DODGE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ACCOMPANYING THE LINE OF STORMS. MADISON REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY 30 MINUTES /BETWEEN 550 PM AND 620 PM/. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH DODGE..FOND DU LAC..JEFFERSON AND WALWORTH COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING.. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HAIL. DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL RAINS..URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG WITH FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND STREETS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:58 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI 800 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND ADJOINING AREAS TO THE EAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY EVENING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING... AT 800 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AXT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HIGH WATER NEAR STREAMS..DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. PRZEKURAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth, Washington, Waukesha | 72 min |
| Aug 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Racine | 60 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.