Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 9:45 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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 28, 1986, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1986, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull 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 28, 10:19 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Trumbull, 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jul 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 844 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1986 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 840 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND IT WILL PASS ACROSS OAK HARBOR AND PORT CLINTON BEFORE 930 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. JOHNSON CORRECRED SECOND LINE.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:31 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 921 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 1986 ..THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE..NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..AND NORTHEAST OHIO.. AT 920PM EDT THIS EVENING..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH EAST OHIO AROUND THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA..AND JUST NORTHEAST OF AKRON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST. OTHER HEAVY STORMS ARE MOVING FROM WESERN LAKE ERIE INTO THE CLEVELAND AREA. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..THE STORMS MOVING INTO MERCER COUNTY..AS WELL AS CRAWFORD COUNTY. DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE HEAVIEST STORM COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN VENANGO AND NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER STORMS ARE MOVING INTO ERIE COUNTY.AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEW YORK STATE. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..SOME HAIL.. AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST FROM THE GT. LAKES AREA..AND= WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS..WITH A SLOW DECREASE IN INTENSITY. LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND/OR STATEMTNTS. RLW/WVG ERIE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
925 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 1986
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER TRUMBULL COUNTY.
AT 925 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN
TRUMBULL COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THERE MAY BE BRIEF STRONG WINDS AND DENGEROUS LIGHTNING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
PEOPLE IN TRUMBULL COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY
IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.
MILLER
[Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:37 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 936 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1986 ..THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE..NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..AND NORTHEAST OHIO.. AT 920PM EDT THIS EVENING..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH EAST OHIO AROUND THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA..AND JUST NORTHEAST OF AKRON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST. OTHER HEAVY STORMS ARE MOVING FROM WESERN LAKE ERIE INTO THE CLEVELAND AREA. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..THE STORMS MOVING INTO MERCER COUNTY..AS WELL AS CRAWFORD COUNTY. DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE HEAVIEST STORM COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN VENANGO AND NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER STORMS ARE MOVING INTO ERIE COUNTY.AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEW YORK STATE. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..SOME HAIL.. AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST FROM THE GT. LAK@ES AREA..AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS..WITH A SLOW DECREASE IN INTENSITY. LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND/OR STATEMTNTS. RLW/WVG ERIE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:38 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 935 PM EDT MON JUL 29 1986 AT 930 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST STARK COUNTY..JUST NORTH OF ALLIANCE. THIS STORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MAHONING AND NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTIES OF EASTEN OHIO AROUND 10 PM. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 63 min |
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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.