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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 10, 1986Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 5:35 PM EST for Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1986, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1986, 6:15 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, OH

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Mar 10, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
255 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHERN OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH IN NORTHERN OHIO THROUGH THE
DAY. AT 240 PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO.
AS THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL
BRIEFLY BECOME QUITE STRONG. IN SANDUSKY WINDS GUSTED TO 70 MPH AT
PLUMBROOK AS THE RAIN BEGAN.

AT 245 PM EST THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS WAS FROM HURON OHIO
THROUGH MILAN AND NORWALK TO JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE AREA OF SHOWERS
PROBABLY ALSO CONTAINS THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TO THE CLEVELAND
AREA BETWEEN 345 AND 4 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEAR ON. PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.

MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
405 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

AT 400 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS, POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM
CLEVELAND THROUGH COLUMBUS TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ABOUT TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE
THUNDERSTORMS IN INDIANA  HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF
OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST.

THE SHOWERS IN CENTRAL OHIO HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE, HOWEVER THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL ENTER WESTERN OHIO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE
READY4 TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY.

MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:20 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
420 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

AT 420 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS, POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM
CLEVELAND THROUGH COLUMBUS TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

AS OF 420 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS LINE, HOWEVER
HIGH WIND GUSTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE.  AT 343 PM WINDS
GUSTED TO OVER 50 MPH AT THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT.  THIS LINE OF SHOWERS
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH YOUNGSTOWN AND VICINITY AROUND 530 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER WERE JUST MOVING INTO WESTERN OHIO.  THEREFORE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

PEOPLE IN THE@ WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE
READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY.
. MCMULLEN
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:32 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
425 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 420 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS..
SITUATED FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO NEAR
FAIRPORT OHIO.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND
45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR..AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING PARTS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES..-BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING.

WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDER
STORMS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:56 PM EST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
452 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 450 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE LONG POINT AREA IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO
CONNEAUT AND ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AND HOUR..AND SHOULD
BE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF ERIE AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES..
BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING.

SO FAR..NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS..
HOWEVER THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN
HOUR..AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:34 PM EST, 1 minute before
^CLESPSYNG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
533 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

AT 530 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS THE
HEAVY RAINS MOVED THROUGH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL, MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA
COUNTIES TILL 1100 PM EST.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE.

DOXEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 5:38 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEWyandot51 min
Mar 10, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron48 min
Mar 10, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron49 min
Mar 10, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain44 min
Mar 10, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina45 min
Mar 10, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga41 min
Mar 10, 6:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit58 min
Mar 10, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne63 min
Mar 10, 6:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.