Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1986, 4:32 PM EDT for Belmont County, Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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 20, 1986, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1986, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Belmont County, OH, Monroe County, OH
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 20, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Belmont, OH | |
| Jul 20, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Belmont, OH | |
| Jul 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, OH |
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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 KCAK 202032 RRA SVRCAK OHC013-111-202130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 432 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST OHIO... BELMONT... MONROE AT 425 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER BARNESVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS... DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THOMPSON
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 20, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 203 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. AT 145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHERN TIP OF WEST VIRGINIA TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CINCINNATI. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. BY 3 PM IT SHOULD EXTEND FROM STEUBENVILLE TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. BY 4 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF MARIETTA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF PORTSMOUTH. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN OHIO AS 145 PM. NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER THE STORMS CURRENTLY CROSSING OHIO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING SHOULD LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. < KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
240 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SECTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL OHIO.
AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST STORMS JUST
SOUTH OF DOVER IN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY..AND NEAR FLUSHING IN
BELMONT COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN TUSCARAWAS..
HARRISON..AND BELMONT COUNTIES OF OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8PM EDT. {
THOMPSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 308 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM STEUBENVILLE TO ZANESVILLE TO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI AT 245 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD BE FROM WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA TO NEAR PORTSMOUTH BY 4 PM. AS OF 245 PM NO WARNINGS WERE EFFECT IN OHIO AND THE WEATHER SERVICE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER, AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, AND SMALL HAIL. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:49 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 348 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986_ AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM ZANESVILLE EAST THROUGH ST. CLAIRSVILLE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE CONCENTRATED OVER GUERNSEY..HARRISON AND BELMONT COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:00 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 400 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO EARLIER TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 345 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO. ONE LINE WENT FROM WHEELING TO CAMBRIDGE, AND THEN TO MARIETTA. THE SECOND LINE WENT FROM MARIETTA TO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 5 PM THEY SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE AREA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM ABOUT WHEELING TO PORTSMOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT CAUSED ANY SE)VERE WEATHER AS OF 345 PM AND NO WARNINGS HAD BEEN ISSUED UP TO THAT TIME. HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND PEOPLE THERE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 400 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO AND MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTY HAS ALSO EXPIRED. AS OF 350 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF DOWNPO,URS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH. UDELL
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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.