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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 25, 1986Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1986, 9:47 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 25, 1986, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1986, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 9:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cuyahoga, 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1986-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1986-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 260147
SVRCLE
OHC035-260230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
947 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTHEAST OHIO... CUYAHOGA
 
...INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 943AM BAY VILLAGE POLICE REPORT TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THE STORM CAUSING THE DAMAGE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
MAY

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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.